Background
As national procurement guidance increasingly encourages the use of socially responsible organisations in public sector construction, it’s more important than ever for us to make this process quick, simple and easy.
In response to this and demand from their Social Enterprise Working Group; a two-year collaboration between some of the UK’s leading construction and infrastructure contractors, SCAPE identified the need for a platform that would bring buyers and suppliers together, and enable stronger collaboration.
- Increasing buyer confidence:
Shared industry knowledge - Building relationships with suppliers:
Collaboration between buyers and suppliers - Maximising social value and sustainability outcomes:
Boost social value across communities - Aligning to national procurement best practice:
Drive compliance and governance
New buyers
To join The Social Partnership Portal please complete the contact form here or contact:
support@localsupplychain.co.uk
In order to ensure The Social Partnership Portal remains free for suppliers, there is a membership fee for buyers, click here to view.
Our Members
We are proud to be a founding member of the Social Partnership Portal, aligning with our values around collaboration and maximising social value. Our supply chain is integral to everything we do, and together we can leave a significant legacy for our local communities, supporting our work across the public and private sectors. The portal helps to facilitate this for greater outcomes.
Zoe Price - Chief Operating Officer for ISG’s UK Construction
Being a partner of The Social Partnership Portal will help VINCI Construction UK to align our social value commitments and will bring forward long-term change for everyone. It will bring opportunities to more diverse suppliers, breaking down barriers. We look forward to embedding these opportunities into our projects, giving the communities we work with positive change.
Tony Raikes - Divisional Director of VINCI Construction UK
Midas is delighted to be a founding member of the Social Partnership Portal; enabling us to further expand our use of social enterprises, and to maximise social value delivery in the communities we live, work and build in. We look forward to working with many new social enterprises and supporting organisations’ individual and collective growth in this vital sector. Promoting Social Value is an important part of our Vision to deliver industry leading performance in the communities in which we operate.
Alan Hope - Chief Executive of Midas Group
The innovative new Social Partnership Portal provides a unique offering to deliver quantifiable social value from our projects – we are proud to be a founder member!
Ross Crowcroft - Pre Construction Director, Clegg Construction Ltd
Constructionline is excited to be able to support the SPP and their members. We fundamentally believe in the need to drive value back into local communities, and we are keen to do anything we can to support Social Value outcomes.
We are pleased to offer Social Enterprises, who achieve Platinum level on the SPP, a free membership on Constructionline, which aligns to the Common Assessment Standard and includes an SSIP accreditation as standard.
We hope that this will reduce some of the cost burdens on Social Enterprise, and by being on the Constructionline network, SSP members can be sourced by thousands of buyers across the UK.
Introduction to Work Radar:
Work Radar was created by Local Supply Chain and Morgan Sindall Construction. Launched with support from the Department of Work and Pensions and many large contractors across the UK.
Our aim is to boost local economies and maximise social value by helping to support social enterprises, microbusinesses, and skilled tradespeople to gain work on large commercial construction projects.
Work Radar is free to join for social enterprises, microbusinesses, and skilled tradespeople across the UK and is supporting clients and main contractors to evidence social value across their construction projects.
- 3 aims:
- Help local people gain employment
- Deliver social value around construction projects
- Remove barriers to entry for microbusinesses