How the cash-strapped public sector can maximise value and support communities

How the cash-strapped public sector can maximise value and support communities

Covid-19 is devastating lives, livelihoods and economies across the globe. And as the country braces itself to handle the long-lasting impact of the disease, public sector organisations will be grappling with how to reconcile their dented finances against delivering support and services to communities who’ve never been more in need. 

One solution to the challenge is to achieve greater social value through contracts. To ensure that whenever public money is spent on goods and services, suppliers also agree to help deliver a wider benefit to the community as part of the deal. 

Download this CIPS Download whitepaper, produced in partnership with award-winning procurement organisation and social enterprise, Fusion21, as we explore how cash-strapped councils, housing associations, hospitals, universities and more can, and should, deliver real change through the deals that they do. And why there’s never been a better time to do it.

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