Social Care Value Act 2012

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Dear Mr Bell,

Thank you for your request dated 16/04 for the following information:

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000) regarding the use of Social Value in your
organisation’s commissioning processes for care and accommodation services
for Children Looked After.

1. The Social Value Act 2012 requires commissioning authorities to give
consideration at the pre-procurement stage to how what is to be procured
may improve the social, environmental and economic well-being of the
relevant area over and above the core delivery of a contract; how any such
improvement might be secured; and the need to consult.

Does your organisation give consideration to Social Value in commissioning
the following services? 
• Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs) 
•
Residential children’s homes and/or parent and child units 
• 16+
semi-independent accommodation 
• Accommodation services for unaccompanied
asylum-seeking children

2. If so, what Social Value/added value outcomes does your organisation
seek to achieve from either procurement exercises or contracts for these
services?

3. How does your organisation communicate its required Social Value
outcomes to service providers (e.g. face-to-face engagement, building
Social Value requirements into service specifications, including Social
Value questions within the quality section of Invitations to Tender,
etc.)?

4. If your organisation includes Social Value questions within Invitations
to Tender for these services, approximately what weighting is given to
these questions?

5. How are Social Value outcomes/returns measured and evaluated within
your contract management processes for these services?

6. What impact, if any, has been achieved for your local area as a result
of including Social Value within your organisation’s commissioning process
for these services?

7. What financial return, if any, has been achieved as a result of
including Social Value within your organisation’s commissioning process
for these services?

We aim to deal with your request as quickly as possible and within 20
working days in line with The Freedom of Information Act. We will contact
you again should we have any queries and/or once the request is complete.

If in the meantime you have any further queries or would like to discuss
your case, please contact us quoting the above reference number.

Kind regards,

Daniel Thomas-Cooper (DTC) Information Governance l HR, OD &
Transformation

[1]thurrock.gov.uk l t +44 (0) 1375 652242

Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL

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From: Andrew Bell <[FOI #972166 email]>
Sent: 16 April 2023 17:16
To: [email address]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Social Care Value Act 2012

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Dear Thurrock Borough Council,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000) regarding the use of Social Value in your
organisation’s commissioning processes for care and accommodation services
for Children Looked After.
1. The Social Value Act 2012 requires commissioning authorities to give
consideration at the pre-procurement stage to how what is to be procured
may improve the social, environmental and economic well-being of the
relevant area over and above the core delivery of a contract; how any such
improvement might be secured; and the need to consult.
Does your organisation give consideration to Social Value in commissioning
the following services? 
• Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs) 
•
Residential children’s homes and/or parent and child units 
• 16+
semi-independent accommodation 
• Accommodation services for unaccompanied
asylum-seeking children
2. If so, what Social Value/added value outcomes does your organisation
seek to achieve from either procurement exercises or contracts for these
services?
3. How does your organisation communicate its required Social Value
outcomes to service providers (e.g. face-to-face engagement, building
Social Value requirements into service specifications, including Social
Value questions within the quality section of Invitations to Tender,
etc.)?
4. If your organisation includes Social Value questions within Invitations
to Tender for these services, approximately what weighting is given to
these questions?
5. How are Social Value outcomes/returns measured and evaluated within
your contract management processes for these services?
6. What impact, if any, has been achieved for your local area as a result
of including Social Value within your organisation’s commissioning process
for these services?
7. What financial return, if any, has been achieved as a result of
including Social Value within your organisation’s commissioning process
for these services?

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Bell

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Dear Mr Bell,

Thank you for your recent communication which is being managed in line
with the Freedom of Information Act under the above reference number.  The
details of your request are outlined below together with the council’s
response.

Your request and our response

1. The Social Value Act 2012 requires commissioning authorities to give
consideration at the pre-procurement stage to how what is to be procured
may improve the social, environmental and economic well-being of the
relevant area over and above the core delivery of a contract; how any such
improvement might be secured; and the need to consult.

Does your organisation give consideration to Social Value in commissioning
the following services? 
• Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs) 
•
Residential children’s homes and/or parent and child units 
• 16+
semi-independent accommodation 
• Accommodation services for unaccompanied
asylum-seeking children - Yes

2. If so, what Social Value/added value outcomes does your organisation
seek to achieve from either procurement exercises or contracts for these
services? The required social value outcome with these services is for the
provider to source and support volunteering opportunities for young people
who are looked after in placement

3. How does your organisation communicate its required Social Value
outcomes to service providers (e.g. face-to-face engagement, building
Social Value requirements into service specifications, including Social
Value questions within the quality section of Invitations to Tender,
etc.)? This requirement is built into the service specification that forms
part of the contract

4. If your organisation includes Social Value questions within Invitations
to Tender for these services, approximately what weighting is given to
these questions? 3%

5. How are Social Value outcomes/returns measured and evaluated within
your contract management processes for these services? Annual contract
monitoring includes a requirement to evidence that volunteering
opportunities have been sought and put in place where appropriate

6. What impact, if any, has been achieved for your local area as a result
of including Social Value within your organisation’s commissioning process
for these services? A number of young people have been able to take up
these opportunities, however its full impact has not been subject to a
full evaluation

7. What financial return, if any, has been achieved as a result of
including Social Value within your organisation’s commissioning process
for these services? The Council has not been able to quantify this (see
question 6 response)

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Many thanks

Kind regards,

Daniel Thomas-Cooper Information Governance Apprentice l HR, OD &
Transformation

[3]thurrock.gov.uk l t +44 (0) 1375 652242

Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL

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