FOI/25/212

Request

I am requesting the following records under the Freedom of Information Act.

This is in relation to the use of social value weighting of 10 per cent in your procurement of goods and services, which has been mandated by government for NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts since April 2022.

Please send me:

1.                   What methods do you use to measure social value from your procurements? Please include any additional measurement methods you use (e.g. TOMs) as well as the NHS Social Value Model.

2.                   What is the total social value accrued by your procurement activities each year from April 2022, according to how you measure and report this at a corporate level? If possible, can you provide any explanatory notes to explain                             how you have measured this?

3.                   Do you use financial proxies to monetise the measurement of social value, such as social local economic value? If so:

 a. Please specify the method or measure you use to monetise the measurement of social value

 b. Please provide the total number of contracts to which you applied this financial proxy each financial year since April 2022

 c. Please provide the total value of those contracts

 d. Please provide the total monetized social value of those contracts

e. Please provide the total value of all contracts let during that same period

4.                   How much in total have you spent in procurement on local business/organisations, each financial year, since April 2022? Please including your definition of a local business/organisation, if you have one.

5.                   How much have you spent on SMEs each FY since April 2022? The government defines an SME as a company with fewer than 250 employees, turnover under €50m and balance sheet under €43. If the trust has a different definition then please provide it.

6.                   How much have you spent on VCSEs each FY since April 2022? Again, please include your definition of a VCSE if you have one.

Please fill in the responses in the attached Excel sheet if possible. Thank you.

Note- Please do acknowledge the receipt of this FOI email.

Response

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