The Social Enterprise Register
Documents - Support for Social Enterprises
Contracts, SLA
This briefing note has been commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to clarify the definitions of contracts, service level agreements and grants by public sector organisations in funding social enterprises to deliver or provide services and to look at the legal and other implications of using the different types of financial arrangements. It has been prepared by Senscot with support from the law firm MacRoberts LLP and the Pool, DTA Scotland’s consultancy service.
Housing Associations, Social Firms and Community Benefits in Procurement
This guide shows Housing Associations how to use community benefit clauses to get more for their money and has a particular focus on contracting with Social Firms and other social enterprises.
Developing Consortia
Forming a consortium for the delivery of public services
Tendering for Public Sector Contracts
Tendering for Public Sector Contracts is a practical guide for social enterprises and voluntary organisations in Scotland that want to enter the public service delivery market.
Documents - Public Sector
Fresh Thinking
This is a 'thought piece' intended to provoke better thinking about how wellbeing is procured in the public arena. It assesses the difficulties in the UK with achieveing social benefits in public procurement; describes various initiatives aimed at dispelling myths about good and bad practice; and speculates as to how the Green Book and other Government guidance does not quite hit the mark in this area. It offers 3 steps towards embeffing better value for money through embracing the social, economic and environmental benedits with the aim of achieving improved outcomes for places and people in the UK.
Free Tender Writing Training
FREE Tender Writing Training workshops for third sector organisations across Scotland. 3 different workshops are available (various dates and locations) depending on an organisation's experience of the tender process.
Collaborative Commissioning
Thinking differently about commissioning public services