We can all, perhaps, agree that it is a truism that social value is a good thing.
But since June 2022, the Government has actually written into the specifications that all public sector procurements include a minimum weighting of 10% (and sometimes much more) for social value. So if you want to win, then your organisation needs to excel at this.
Government Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 6/20 defines a social value model which focuses on promoting: COVID-19 recovery, tackling economic inequality, fighting climate change, equal opportunity and promoting wellbeing.