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Small & Medium Businesses

How to Build a Social Value Strategy. To find the complete list Great Start videos please visit Great Start: What is it? - Essex County Council.  

 

Designed by the procurement team at Essex County Council, the below document provide a great starting point to enable and action Social Value in your organisation.  SME Public Sector Procurement - A Focus on Social Value.

 

Your business and Climate Change

In 2021 central government made it mandatory for all organisations who are bidding for contracts over £5 million per annum to include a Carbon Reduction Plan as part of their tender response. ECC has tailored this for smaller contracts and smaller businesses, requiring climate considerations for tenders over £100,000. This typically involves a Carbon Reduction Plan. To bid successfully, you need to measure aspects of your carbon footprint and find ways to reduce your business's environmental impact.

The short document below, prepared by Essex County Council, helps SMEs navigate public procurement whilst achieving positive climate outcomes. By following this guide, SMEs can boost and promote staff wellbeing and meet their carbon reduction goals. This document includes tips, examples, and processes to ease your climate action efforts.

Climate Guidance for Small and Medium Enterprises 

 

Please note, all contract opportunities to provide ECC with goods and services over £100k are advertised on our tendering website, Proactis. Once your organisation is registered you will be able to view current opportunities and submit bids through Proactis. Support for using Proactis is available through their help desk. 

A great recorded Public Sector Procurement webinar organised by Backing Essex Business and hosted by David Adlington, Business Consultant & Coach, and ECC guests. This 2-hour comprehensive webinar is for anyone with beginner to no-knowledge of public sector procurement who wishes to learn all the elements involved in bidding for a public contract. To access the slides, click here.

Covering topics such as: 

  • Public sector responsibilities
  • Where to find tender opportunities
  • Who can bid & how to get notice
  • Tender tips 
  • Social Value & Climate 

 

..."The webinar was well designed and covered a range of extremely useful topics in the session.  I would commend the host David for a superb presentation.  In addition, there was excellent representation from Essex County Council, demonstrating their commitment to supporting SMEs in the county."

 

When bidding for ECC contracts always read the tender documents provided and follow the instructions carefully.

Backing Essex               

Backing Essex Business  fully funded by Essex County Council and delivered by Let’s Do Business Group, Backing Essex Business provides help for your business to grow through advice, access to business finance, and training.                                        

 

Visit the Essex County Council Support for Business webpage to explore the wide range of services the council can offer you, see some examples below:

  • Growth and funding opportunities
  • Information and advice
  • Apprenticeships Levy Transfer
  • Training and apprenticeships
  • Venue hire
  • Knowledge transfer partnerships
  • Disclosure and Barring Service

The guidance below can help you understand the particularities of tendering processes with public sector and ways of getting the most from Social Value.

We are providing links to external resources to aid general knowledge development only; these links do not imply endorsement of particular products, services or organisations.

When bidding for ECC contracts always read the tender documents provided and follow the instructions carefully.

If you have any questions about ECC social value approach or if you need information on this website in a different format, please email social.value@essex.gov.uk . 

Last updated: 23/10/2024