

Will the SPF cost me money?Īll SV procurement, including those with social benefit requirements, will be assessed according to value for money principles. When applicable, SV will ask businesses to detail their gender equitable business practices, including current policies and procedures (specifically regarding gender equity and family violence leave), performance measures and targets, and external oversight arrangements. What will I be asked regarding women’s equality and safety? SV will ask businesses to detail their environmental management systems including: current policies and procedures, performance measures and targets, achievements, and future planned activities. What will I be asked regarding environmentally sustainable business practices?

Where applicable, SV will also focus on women’s equality and safety. At a minimum, SV procurement will require suppliers to detail their environmentally sustainable business practices. Do suppliers have to deliver all social and sustainable outcomes in the SPF?īefore approaching the market, SV will have considered SV's priority objectives and which priorities can best be advanced through the procurement. The criteria will be weighted and scored therefore having impact on the procurement outcome. This means businesses will be asked to demonstrate their social and sustainable business practices.

When SV purchases goods or services from a mainstream supplier, social procurement requirements will be included in the RFQ/RFT documentation and contracts. For further details, refer to the factsheet prepared for your industry sector at Buying for Victoria. Tools and partnerships are in place to enable Government buyers and other suppliers to easily identify and purchase from social benefit suppliers. I’m a social benefit supplier under the SPF. SV will seek to achieve social or sustainable outcomes through direct and indirect approaches. Indirect social procurement is where SV purchases goods or services from a ‘mainstream supplier’ (not a social benefit supplier) using a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Request for Tender (RFT) and clauses in contracts to deliver social and/or sustainable outcomes. Direct social procurement is where SV purchases goods or services from a social benefit supplier. Social procurement can be grouped into two broad approaches. ICT acceptable usage policy for external users Social and sustainable procurement strategy Research and innovation capabilities in Victoria
