Who We Help: Procurement
Commissioning teams need social value to work within procurement, but the real question is whether the investment improved the place. The Social Value Engine gives you the SROI framework to do both: meet your procurement obligations and understand whether the outcomes you commissioned were the right ones.
The challenge
Procurement teams struggle to specify social value requirements that are meaningful and proportionate. When requirements are shaped by what's easy to put in a contract rather than what a place needs, social value becomes a compliance exercise.
Scoring social value at tender stage is difficult when bids use different frameworks, different metrics, and different financial values for similar outcomes. Without a common measurement framework, comparison is guesswork.
Contracts end and KPIs get ticked off, but did the community benefit? Most procurement tools track whether suppliers delivered what they promised. They cannot tell you whether the outcomes were the right ones for the place.
How SVE helps
The Social Value Engine helps you work within the procurement process and beyond it, using accredited SROI methodology to evidence what changed, not just what was promised.
Use our proxy library and accredited methodology to set social value requirements grounded in outcomes and financial values. Commission for impact rather than counting outputs.
Give all suppliers a common measurement framework so bids can be compared on a like-for-like basis. Reduce the risk of gaming or over-claiming at tender stage.
Track whether outcomes were delivered, not just whether commitments were met. Your SROI evidence becomes strategic learning for the next commissioning round, not just a compliance record.
Coming soon
SVE Connect
SVE Connect lets commissioners set and track outcome commitments while suppliers provide evidence of what they deliver. One shared space for accountability, built around outcomes rather than contract KPIs. Currently in final testing.
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