If you are involved in commissioning or procuring public sector contracts, the resources in this section will help you include social value throughout the commissioning process.
The model text documents below are for the revised Social Value policy which is effective from 24th February 2025. If you require model text documents for tenders that will be issued before 24th February, please email socialvalueni@sibni.org
This training session will focus on Scoring Social Value on IT & Services contracts in NI for public sector officials.
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Preliminary Market Engagement questions | docx | 39 KB | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Social Value in Procurement Guidance | 11 MB | 31 Jan 2025 | |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Procurement | docx | 28 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Notification of Contract Award form | docx | 70 KB | 19 Nov 2024 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring Social Value Model Award Criteria Points Approach | docx | 40 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Model Social Value Text for Inclusion in Procurement Documents Points Approach for Services | docx | 115 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Social Value Delivery Plan Services2025 | xlsx | 24 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Award Criteria for Fixed Indicator Approach Services Contracts | docx | 51 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Selecting Social Value Indicators | docx | 63 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Model Text for Procurement Documents Fixed Indicator Approach Services Contracts | docx | 58 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Preliminary Market Engagement questions | docx | 39 KB | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Social Value in Procurement Guidance | 11 MB | 31 Jan 2025 | |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Procurement | docx | 28 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Notification of Contract Award form | docx | 70 KB | 19 Nov 2024 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Value Delivery Plan IT Contracts Points Approach | xlsx | 24 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Model Social Value Text for inclusion procurement documents Points Approach for IT Contracts | docx | 161 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Drafting Notes for Points Approach IT Contracts | docx | 38 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Scoring Social Value Model Award Criteria Points Approach | docx | 40 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Award Criteria for Fixed Indicator Approach IT Contracts | docx | 51 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Model Text for Procurement Documents Fixed Indicator Approach IT Contracts | docx | 105 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Selecting Social Value Indicators Fixed Indicator Approach IT Contracts | docx | 66 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Value in Procurement Guidance | 11 MB | 31 Jan 2025 | |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Procurement | docx | 28 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Notification of Contract Award form | docx | 70 KB | 19 Nov 2024 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring Social Value Model text for Construction Contracts | docx | 95 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Social Value Delivery Plan Construction Build | xlsx | 19 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Social Value Delivery Plan Construction Civils | xlsx | 19 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Award Criteria for Fixed Indicator Approach Construction Related Professional Services Contracts | docx | 52 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Model Text for Procurement Documents Fixed Indicator Approach Construction Related Professional Services Contracts 2025 | docx | 98 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Selecting Social Value Indicators Fixed Indicator Approach Construction Related Professional Services | docx | 64 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Scoring Social Value Model Award Criteria points based approach Professional Services | docx | 39 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Social Value Delivery Plan Construction Related Professional Services | xlsx | 18 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Social Value Model text for Construction Related Professional Services Contracts | docx | 75 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non Scored Social Value Model Text for Construction Contracts Contract conditions | docx | 85 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Post Award Social Value Delivery Plan Construction Build | xlsx | 19 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Post Award Social Value Delivery Plan Construction Civils | xlsx | 19 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Guidance for including Social Value in Construction Contracts: £500k-PCR Threshold (non scored) | docx | 49 KB | 14 Nov 2022 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Preliminary Market Engagement questions | docx | 39 KB | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Social Value in Procurement Guidance | 11 MB | 31 Jan 2025 | |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Procurement | docx | 28 KB | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Notification of Contract Award form | docx | 70 KB | 19 Nov 2024 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model text for Procurement Documents: Points approach - Supplies contracts | docx | 151 KB | 02 Apr 2025 |
| Model Award Criteria: Points approach - Supplies Contracts | docx | 40 KB | 19 Mar 2025 |
| Social Value Delivery Plan Template: Points Approach - Supplies contracts | xlsx | 24 KB | 19 Mar 2025 |
| File | Type | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Award Criteria: Fixed Indicator approach - Supplies Contracts | docx | 69 KB | 19 Mar 2025 |
| Model Text for Procurement Documents: Fixed Indicator Approach - Supplies Contracts | docx | 102 KB | 19 Mar 2025 |
| Selecting Social Value Indicators | docx | 63 KB | 31 Jan 2025 |
