The following procurement guidance is reflective of relevant practice throughout the procurement cycle in line with the Procurement Journey. It does not repeat content contained therein but highlights specific opportunities and risks relating to employment, skills and training.
It is good practice to notify bidders early in the process for example by publishing a Prior information notice, when planning including community benefits regardless of the contract value.
It is important to be explicit in the contract notice and / or market engagement to help suppliers understand the needs as well as being clear on the parameters to be used for evaluation. For context it may be helpful to include the public body’s employment, skills and training policy and other relevant policies, ambitions and objectives, or signposting to useful information sources such as the Fair Work Framework. These can be included at the Additional Information section of the Contract Notice.
See Annex A for examples.
