1. Liz Welton 11th September 2018
Midlands Highways Alliance
Aspirations and Alliances:
Social Value
Liz Welton 11th September 2018

2. Procurement Matters
Continued and unprecedented cuts in funding for councils
Councils spend £55bn (capital and revenue) on goods, works and services per annum
Fantastic opportunity to join together and to achieve synergies through social value

3. NPS 2018 Three themes: Showing Leadership Behaving commercially
Achieving community benefits
Obtaining social value
Engaging with local SME’s and micro-businesses
Enabling VCSE engagement
National TOMs

4. How do the TOMs work?
They assign proxy values to around 40 proposed outcomes in 5 themes:
Jobs: Promote local skills and employment
Growth: Supporting growth of responsible regional businesses
Social: Healthier, safer and more resilient communities
Environment: Protecting and improving our environement
Innovation: promoting social innovation

5. How do the TOMs work?
Look at an example: *Value taken from ASHE median wage figures
Consider the outcome you want
more local people in work
Consider minimum requirements
No local people employed on a contract for a year or duration of the contract
Multiply FTE by proxy value*
£28,213 p a
Seek evidence
Through tender and contract management processes

6. Case Study - Amey
Amey have a good track record in partnering and corporate social responsibility
They have a vision for sustainability
They are long term supporters of the Duke of Edinburgh Award to improve life chances and employability of young people
What social value is being required through council contracts?

7. West Midlands Combined Authority
Agreed a social value policy with its members
Provides the means to embed a consistent and collaborative approach to social value within the region to achieve outcomes relating to
Growth, skills and employment
Promoting local businesses
Creating healthier, stronger communities
Protecting and improving the environment
Workshops have been run with planners to help them share good practice

8. Balfour Beatty – Highways Maintenance & Lighting for Solihull
Balfour Beatty have committed to delivering +77% Social Value Added over the period of the contract

9. Balfour Beatty TOMs

10. Making the NPS Happen
Nearly 400 ‘sovereign bodies’ – we have proved a will to work together and with wider public sector, we need to harness this
We need to connect exemplar councils to share with others
We need council political leaders and chief executives to engage, invest in and collaborate on social value

11. Questions?