Social Procurement
At Inspire2Enterprise, we know that as part of procurement law, commissioners and procurers are duty bound to consider social enterprises in supply chain processes. It is therefore our duty to educate both groups of people on the law – including how social enterprises must be built into contracts.
We can help define deliverable outputs for social enterprises as part of these fundamental changes to social procurement processes and supply chain development. And the success of their involvement in large, important contracts can and should be measured against a specific set of targets, in the same way that a private supplier would be.
So if a social enterprise has been set up to teach ex-offenders life skills and reintegrate them into society and employment, they could be measured against re-offending rates in the area. Successfully measuring such social return on investment is something all social enterprises need to be able to do in order to be investment-ready and attractive in the social procurement process.
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