Community Benefits/Social Value in Procurement

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Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
Good Afternoon,

I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to Community Benefits/Social Value in Procurement and would be obliged if you could provide a response to the following:

1) Organisation Name
2) Please provide details of the Name and Email of Lead Officer with responsibility for Community Benefits in your organisation.
3) Do you currently have a system/database for monitoring and recording community benefits delivered as part of your contract portfolio?
4) What kind of recording system/database do you have (eg: Excel spreadsheet, access database, third party software)?
5) Can you provide a copy template/screen dump or extract of the key reporting fields please?
6) If you use third party software can you provide the name of the system?
7) If you use third party software have you had to bespoke this to suit your requirements?
8) Are the Community Benefits voluntary/mandatory or both?
9) How often do you monitor delivery of Community Benefits eg: weekly, monthly?
10) Do you associate a value/cost to each Community Benefit?
11) What categories of benefits do you currently capture, please tick all that apply and provide details of any other additional benefits, which you capture:

Number of full time equivalent (FTE) employment opportunities created
Number of NON-LOCAL full time equivalent (FTE) employment opportunities created
Number of LOCAL full time equivalent (FTE) employment opportunities created
Number of full time equivalent (FTE) hires of those who were previously unemployed
Number of full time equivalent (FTE) hires from groups who face barriers to employment
Number of apprenticeship opportunities created
Number of apprenticeship opportunities completed
Number of apprenticeship weeks delivered
Number of training opportunities created, other than apprentices
Number of training opportunities completed, other than apprentices
Number of training hours completed on formal training opportunities
Number of weeks of work experience or work placements completed
Number of disabled people on apprenticeship schemes
Number of disabled people on other training schemes under the contract
Number of people-hours spent supporting local community integration, such as volunteering and other community-led initiatives
Number of people-hours of mentoring delivered
Number of people hours of mock interviews, CV writing, careers advice delivered
Number of people hours spent on Education Engagement activities with schools or higher
education facilities
Site Visits by Schools - Number of persons
Site Visits by Colleges - Number of persons
Supply Chain Briefings - Number of persons
Community Donations - £
Community Fundraising - £
** Note – there may be slight differences in terminology but measurable outcome is the same
12) Do you experience issues collecting and reporting Community Benefit information? What are these if applicable?
13) What do you consider the main advantages and disadvantages of Community Benefits monitoring and reporting?
14) Do you believe that suppliers add costs of Community Benefits to their tender cost submissions and do you have any evidence/examples to demonstrate this?
15) Do you think it would be beneficial to your organisation if the Scottish Government introduced a standard set of Community Benefit metrics?
16) Do you or are you considering using the TOMS framework for measuring Community Benefits?
17) Do you use a different measurement framework eg: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?
18) Do you collect data on any Community Wealth Building Pledges? If yes, can you provide details of the pledges?
19) Do you collect data in regards to sustainability/carbon measures? If yes, can you provide details of any metrics you report against?
20) Do you currently monitor and record Fair Work Practices/Fair Work First criteria? If yes, what metrics and if no what metrics would you like to capture?
21) If you were offered the opportunity to assist in the development of a system, which would allow you to shape the requirements, content and design - would you be an interested participant?

Name of Officer Completing Questionnaire

May I take this opportunity to thank you for providing a response to the above.

Yours faithfully,

J McLean

Yours faithfully,

J McLean

foi, Argyll and Bute Council

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foi, Argyll and Bute Council

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Dear J McLean,

I refer to your request for information below.

In order that I can assist you I would ask that you clarify the information you are requesting to ensure that you receive the information that you want. Could you please clarify what you mean by Community Benefits?

The reason I ask is we have a number of services who deliver a wide range of services that deliver services that benefit the community such as Community Planning & Community Development Social Enterprise

I must advise that the timescale for responding to your request will reset to 20 working days from the date on which I receive clarification of the terms of your request.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

David Sinclair
Compliance and Regulatory Assistant
Legal and Regulatory Services
01546 604352

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Dear foi,

Good Morning. my request is specifically in relation to community benefits in procurement which supplier, contractors and service providers require to deliver if they are awarded a contract for your authority

Yours sincerely,

J McLean

Administrator,


Dear J McLean

Request for information: Community Benefits/Social Value in Procurement

Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:13314.

It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2021-10-29
00:00:00. We hope to respond within this timescale but, due to the
staffing/capacity issues with COVID-19, some requests may take little
longer.

Please quote the reference number above in any correspondence you may have
with the Council in regard to this request.

Regards

FOI Officer

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procurement, Argyll and Bute Council

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Dear J McLean

 

Request for information

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)

 

I refer to your request for information dated 1^st October 2021, which was
dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 or
the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

 

Our response to your request is attached. If you are dissatisfied with the
way in which your request for information has been dealt with you are
entitled to request a review by writing to the Executive Director Customer
Services, Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory, Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT,
or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council request email].

 

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Yours faithfully

Procurement

 

 

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