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The North East Centre of Excellence (NECE) is undertaking a survey on social clauses in public procurement contracts on behalf of the Office of the Third Sector. The survey will seek views on the use of social clauses, their benefits and barriers to their use.
Social clauses in public contracts prioritise social needs in the procurement process – for instance, the need to train or give jobs to the long-term unemployed in the local community.
The aim of the survey to learn more about the appropriate use of social clauses and spread good practice. The questionnaire aims to gather experiences, views and knowledge from a variety of perspectives. Your responses will support work on creating model template clauses.
Commissioners are best placed at both the local and national level to decide how to factor broader social concerns into funding arrangements. However, they can face difficulties tackling complex social clauses in isolation.
The Office of the Third Sector and NECE want your views on how to overcome barriers to the use of social clauses, and to work with those of you who are pioneering the use of social clauses to learn about your experiences and draw together examples of leading practices.
Questions in the survey include:
To take part in the survey, go to the Use of Social Clauses [External website].
Questions about the project should be directed to the North East Centre of Excellence [External website].
The survey ends on 30 September 2007.