PPN 026 Briefing: Does new government guidance strengthen or dilute Social Value?

From 1 January 2027, local jobs and skills delivery become the core of how the £90bn spent on central government contracts each year is scored.

Ever since the Social Value Act 2012, public procurement teams have treated Social Value as a broad, multi-theme discipline covering everything from environmental impact to community wellbeing to economic inclusion. New government guidance, backed by the new Social Value Model set out in PPN 026, has rewritten that principle, prioritising jobs and skills and seemingly cutting other area from its scope.

In this briefing session, we'll cover:

• What this means in practice for authorities and suppliers: the new 20% weighting, £1m threshold, KPI requirements, and reporting obligations.

• Whether narrowing the definition to jobs and skills is a welcome sharpening of focus, or a dilution of everything else Social Value was built to capture.

• What comes next for practitioners: the transition period, the technical guidance due this autumn, and how to prepare before the 1 January 2027 start date.

Date: Wednesday 12^th, 11am

Speaker: Guy Battle, CEO, Social Value Portal

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