Social Value carries a minimum 10% weighting in Public Sector tender scoring, and from April 2026 new transparency provisions require authorities to publish at least three KPIs for contracts over £5m on the public record. Evaluators want locally relevant, measurable commitments aligned to government priorities, not generic copy-paste responses. The businesses treating Social Value as a strategic advantage are winning work the rest are leaving on the table.
What we covered:
Where the marks actually go. How evaluators score Social Value and what the updated Social Value Model expects.
The most common mistakes we see. The patterns that come up again and again in losing bids, and why generic commitments get marked down.
What's changed under the Procurement Act. Including the shift from MEAT to MAT, PPN 002, and the April 2026 transparency requirements.
The difference between winning and losing. What separates a strong Social Value response from one that just fills the space.