Social Value Procurement and Reporting Platform

One platform for procuring authorities and their suppliers to target, evaluate, measure, and report Social Value. Backed by the Social Value TOM System™, the UK's most trusted measurement standard.

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Trusted by Procurement, Social Value and Sustainability teams at 200+ organisations

THE CHALLENGE

Sound familiar?

You need a consistent way to evaluate, target, and measure the social impact of your procurements, contracts and corporate initiatives. But the tools available aren't built for the job.

Spreadsheets, patchwork dashboards and custom-built solutions create headaches for procuring authorities and suppliers alike.

Reporting feels unreliable. Compliance with the Social Value Act is hard to evidence.

And when the data does land on someone's desk, it rarely tells a clear or credible story.

Social Value Portal was built to fix this.

A closer look

Take a look at the features of the Social Value Portal Procurement and Reporting platform.

Social Value Calculator

Turn activities into measurable outcomes and financial values, using the framework that fits your reporting needs.

TOM System and Global TOM System measures
PPN002 Standard Reporting Metrics
Measure descriptions and evidence requirements built in
Custom measures with or without proxy values

Projects and Hierarchy

Structure your Social Value reporting the way your organisation actually works.

Multi-level organisational hierarchy
Group projects into collections
Partner projects for cross-organisation visibility
User management and role-based permissions

Projects and Hierarchy

Capture and Compare Social Value Bids

Give your suppliers a structured way to bid Social Value, and give your team a clear way to compare them.

Set up tender projects with your Social Value weighting
Define qualitative and quantitative criteria
Receive bids aligned to your requirements
Compare submissions side by side

Capture meaningful Social Value Bids

Evaluations and Summary Reports

Score bids with confidence, or let the Social Value Portal team handle it for you. Either way, you're covered for the Procurement Act 2023.

Define your own evaluation criteria
Peer review for collaborative scoring
SVP Evaluation service available on request
Summary reports for your procurement records

Evaluations and Summary Reports

Reporting

Get the reports your team and your leadership actually need, without building them from scratch.

Account, project, quarterly, and supplier views
TOM System and Social Value Model specific reporting
Shareable chart library
CSV, PDF, and API export

Reporting

Analytics

Understand where your Social Value is coming from, how it compares, and where to focus next.

Integrated benchmarking against peers
UN SDG contribution mapping
Geospatial mapping of delivery
Custom KPIs and data visualisations

Analytics

Social Value Portal’s platform and expertise have been invaluable, enabling us to report, measure, and evaluate our supply chain’s Social Value delivery. This has allowed LNER to encourage and deliver real value to the communities along our route.

Dave Edwards

Head of Procurement, LNER

The TOM System™ and the platform's comprehensive capabilities have enabled us to measure and report our social impact with unprecedented transparency and accuracy.

This level of insight has helped us focus on what local people, businesses and communities require to thrive – and how we’re able to continue delivering on these unique needs.

Karen Young

Director and Social & Environmental Purpose Lead, Hays UK&I

SVP and the TOM System have been transformative in quantitatively capturing our social impact as a Head Office function, but also at the individual customer site level. The TOM System has allowed us to identify and develop our key social impacts over the last 5 years, and in 2024 we

Grace Rupert

ESG & Sustainability Manager, Greenzone

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Data Validation and Quality Assessment

Social Value Portal is the only provider that includes independent data validation as standard for all members.

Our dedicated Data Quality Team reviews your Social Value data, verifies evidence standards and awards a score and feedback that guides you to stronger Social Value data integrity over time.

Why do we do it?

Independent data review

Statistical sampling methodology with interim and final reviews throughout your reporting cycle.

Validation scoring and certification

Transparent scores from Insufficient to Exceptional, with a formal Data Validation Certificate.

Internal Controls Process Review

Assessment of your reporting maturity across Policy, Targets, Data Integrity, Reporting, and Social Value Economy.

Records locked post-validation

Validated data is locked to maintain integrity. Defensible assurance you can present to any audience.

SECURITY

Your data, protected

Built to meet the standards expected by public sector organisations and enterprise suppliers.

ISO27001

Information security management independently certified to international standards.

GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018

Personal data processed lawfully, transparently and securely.

Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essential Plus

Proud to be Cyber Essential and Cyber Essentials Plus certified.

Role-based Access

Unlimited users with configurable permission settings, allowing you complete control.

Regular penetration testing

Regular penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and annual risk assessments conducted to maintain resilience and identify emerging threats.

SSO & MFA

Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication with data encrypted at rest and in transit.

Why Social Value Portal?

Three things set us apart from every other option on the market.

Validation

Every membership includes independent data validation as standard. Social Value Portal is the only provider that does this. Your figures are reviewed, scored, and certified by our dedicated Data Quality Team.

The TOM System

The UK's most widely adopted Social Value measurement framework. Trusted by 200+ organisations, regularly updated by independent experts, and used by the largest contracting authorities in the country.

Partnership

They can clone our features and measurement standard - but never our people.
With over a decade of experience in Social Value our team advises, trains, evaluates and supports organisations at every stage. Social Value Portal shaped how the UK measures social impact.

Platform FAQs:

What does the platform do for users?

Keeping your Social Value efforts on track and linked up across teams can be complex and time consuming if you don’t have the right tools to hand.

Social Value Portal’s platform serves as the single point of truth for your Social Value. It lets you centralise all activities in one place so you can spend less time on arduous admin and more time creating real value.

How does the platform make Social Value management easier?

The workspace gives you one centralised hub to access and manage all your Social Value data, whether you're a buyer, bidder or business.

The platform makes data input simple and intuitive, facilitating both quantitative and qualitative storage, including images, and automated input reminders. From there, you can start optimising your activities.

The platform is also highly collaborative, with unlimited user accounts to easily share data and processes across internal teams, suppliers and partners. To date, it has managed over 13,000 bids and 10,500 projects across supply chains.

It even integrates directly with your existing data sources and tools, providing real-time updates on the latest metrics, proxies and industry best practices.

What are some of the platform’s key features?

The platform has functionalities to serve all needs. You can set targets within your own organisation or across your supply chain, submit bids, manage procurements and contracts, and calculate values automatically.

Users have a range of ways to view and slice their data. There are configurable dashboards, a Social Value Calculator, various reporting tools, and even geo-mapping.

The platform also generates a variety of reports, including annual benchmarking, corporate impact reports, and mapping against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Does the platform integrate with other tools?

Absolutely! The platform is designed to connect seamlessly with our customers' existing platforms and data sources via APIs. This ensures a joined-up user experience without any silos or duplication of work.

How do organisations use the platform to create more Social Value?

With 24,000 users across the public and private sectors, the platform can enable Social Value excellence for any use case.

Buyers and bidders use it to embed Social Value into procurements, select suppliers based on commitments, and actively manage contracts. Our members find the comprehensive ITT templates hugely valuable too.

From a reporting standpoint, we've had the platform used to manage and report on over 13,000 projects and 10,500 contracts.

The Workspace really is an end-to-end powerhouse, from laying out your ambitions to promoting your achievements.

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Book a 30-minute session with a Social Value specialist today.

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100bn

Social Value Procurement and Reporting Platform

Trusted by Procurement, Social Value and Sustainability teams at 200+ organisations

Sound familiar?

What the Social Value Portal Platform does

Social Value Calculator

Procurement and Evaluations

Reporting and Analytics

Data Validation and Quality Assessment

COMPLIANT WITH: Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 | PPN 06/20 | PPN 002 | Procurement Act 2023

A closer look

Social Value Calculator

Projects and Hierarchy

Capture and Compare Social Value Bids

Evaluations and Summary Reports

Reporting

Analytics

Dave Edwards

Karen Young

Grace Rupert

Curious? See the platform for yourself.

Data Validation and Quality Assessment

Independent data review

Validation scoring and certification

Internal Controls Process Review

Records locked post-validation

Your data, protected

ISO27001

GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018

Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essential Plus

Role-based Access

Regular penetration testing

SSO & MFA

Why Social Value Portal?

Validation

The TOM System

Partnership

Platform FAQs:

What does the platform do for users?

How does the platform make Social Value management easier?

What are some of the platform’s key features?

Does the platform integrate with other tools?

How do organisations use the platform to create more Social Value?

Book a discovery call

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Call us on 020 3747 6555 or book online.