Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Finance, Property and Transformation

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/252

Contact: Max Button, Sustainable Supply Chain Office

Max.button@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Finance and Commercial Services (CA8)

This item updates the existing Social Value Policy and significantly changes the way the Council deals with social value, moving away from working with a third party to an entirely in house system. This allows the Council to better align its social value priorities with Council strategic objectives.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a) Approve the Oxfordshire County Council Social Value Policy (Annex 1).

b) Agree to move the council’s social value approach in- house, transitioning away from third- party delivery and/or platforms, to enable a more streamlined approach hat better aligns to the council’s Strategic Plan 2025–2028 priorities.

Recommendations approved.