Social value
Policies & commitments · awarded by Cabinet Office PPN / Social Value Act · serves: Social-value consultants
- Notices demanding it
- 2,212
- a floor
- Said “must”
- 267
- explicit obligation
- Open right now
- 32
- Value gated
- £134.2bn
- a floor
Published values on the notices that demand it — a floor, not a total.
The demand curve
Notices demanding it per 10,000 published, by year — rate-normalised so corpus growth never masquerades as demand. Complete years only.
The pale bars are 2025 onward. The Procurement Act went live on 24 February 2025 and changed how notices are written, so the step across that date is partly a change in convention and not only a change in demand. We have not measured how much of it is which, so please do not read this as a trend.
The receipts
Notices that demand it, and the sentence each demand was found in. Nothing is counted here without one.
Trafford Council
Social Value Quantitative offers (TOMS) must be submitted on the Social Value Portal.
- Response Maintenance and Improvementmandatory
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
The Suppliers must meet extensive requirements in health and safety, customer care, IT integration, appointments, reporting, social value, environmental sustainability, and performance management, and must collaborate with the Contracting Authority.
Elmbridge Borough Council
It must also deliver robust operational reliability, high levels of customer satisfaction, and measurable social value - including local employment opportunities, inclusive workforce development, and contributions to community wellbeing.
Cambridge City Council
Contractors must also comply with the Council's Safeguarding Policy and the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and submit good measurable offers in terms of social value.
Rochdale Borough Council
Social Value Quantitative offers (TOMS) must be submitted on the Social Value Portal.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Social Value Quantitative offers (TOMS) must be submitted on the Social Value Portal.
Sunderland City Council
Contract opportunities shall be issued via the relevant funding stream and evaluated in accordance with the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) criteria, with due consideration given to quality, price, and social value.
Health Education and Improvement Wales
Providers must supply appropriately qualified trainers, adhere to HEIW documentation and quality‑assurance processes, and ensure full compliance with information governance, data protection, and social value obligations.
National Oceanography Centre
The methodology must align with HM Treasury Green Book principles and recognised social value frameworks.
Belfast City Council
The Contractor must provide all labour, transport, materials and reporting, comply with all Health & Safety and social value requirements, and work collaboratively with the Council to meet event needs.
Islington Council
Failure to complete mandatory elements, including the Social Value Matrix or Financial Model, may result in the tender being deemed non-compliant and excluded from further evaluation.
Stevenage Borough Council
The service must result in added social value to the residents and town of Stevenage through increased uptake of benefits and other awards, increased wellbeing and life chances for residents, and a reduction in hardship.
See it live
32 open tenders demand Social value right now.
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Get set up free →Method: Every count here is a floor. We match the text of the notice, and a notice description is a summary — most tender packs demand things it never mentions.“Said must” counts only explicit obligation language in the matched sentence itself; anything ambiguous is counted as a mention, never as mandatory. Trend compares rates per 10,000 notices per complete calendar year.