The Strategic Investment Board’s Social Value Unit is conducting this survey on behalf of the Department of Finance’s Construction and Procurement Delivery.
Responses will inform a review of the minimum weighting of the overall award criteria which is allocated to social value, as required under Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 01/21: Social Value in Procurement.
PPN 01/21 requires that services contracts valued above £500,000 and works contracts above the relevant UK procurement threshold are awarded on the basis of social value, alongside cost and quality. The policy also mandates that a minimum of 10% of the overall award criteria for these contracts is allocated to social value. Contracting authorities may apply social value to contracts below these thresholds and/or allocate a weighting greater than the minimum 10%.
This survey provides stakeholders with an opportunity to share their experiences of implementing social value requirements, including their views on increasing the minimum social value weighting above 10%, and the potential benefits and/or risks associated with such a change.
As noted in the PPN (Section 4.1), there is a requirement to review the percentage minimum score for social value by December 2026 and to consider whether an increase will help meet the policy intent of PPN 01/21.
Please respond by 5pm on Friday 20th November 2026.
Two webinars to provide background to this review and further information on PPN 01/21 will be delivered on the following dates:
Thurs 5th Nov 1.30-2.30pm Tues 10th Nov 10.30-11.30amPlease sign up to either of these
here on the SocialValueNI website. The information that you provide in this survey will be held in compliance with the Privacy Notice of the Strategic Investment Board which you can read
here.
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