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
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
Being a founding member of the Social Partnership Portal is an exciting opportunity to maximise social business growth and continue our efforts to reinvest into local communities, building community wealth that has a positive impact on local people. BAM are committed to socially responsible purchasing, investing in ‘for purpose’ supply chains that invigorate our local towns and cities, providing rich social and environmental benefits.
Danielle Aberg - Head of Social Impact, BAM Construct UK
We are delighted to be part of The Social Partnership Portal and will actively support, use and promote it.
Social Enterprises play an important part in the local community and to be able to identify them quickly through this portal will assist us in our delivery of social value on all our projects.
Having access to quality social enterprise supply chain partners is essential for us. We are committed to providing long term opportunities to social enterprises to work on our projects to help us deliver better outcomes, raise aspirations and provide social and economic value to our customers.
Simon Boden - Supply Chain Manager, Robert Woodhead Ltd
Southern Construction Framework is thrilled to be a founder member of The Social Partnership Portal – it’s more important than ever that the public sector works actively to engage social suppliers across the industry to boost social value and sustainability outcomes. Social suppliers play an important part in positively impacting communities and SCF is delighted to be part of this collaboration across 20 plus founder members.
Adam Sanford – SCF Operations LeadIntroduction 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