PPN 026: the new social value model for central government bids
How PPN 002 is being replaced from 1 January 2027, why jobs and skills are now the only scoring pillars, and what bidders should do now.
Resources
Guidance for the teams who have to produce the evidence.
Short, practical notes written for ESG leads, bid managers and CSR teams. No gated whitepapers.
Planning tools
Social value ROI estimator
Enter a sponsorship budget and see the indicative number of funded training places, the indicative social value and the matching sponsorship tier.
Open the estimatorSocial value readiness check
Nine questions across ESG reporting, DEI and the Social Value Act, with an indicative readiness band and suggested next steps.
Open the readiness checkPPN 026 evaluation tool
Twelve questions across the two PPN 026 pillars, Good Jobs and Skills, with a pillar breakdown and an indicative bid readiness band ahead of January 2027.
Open the evaluation toolPPN 026 bid pack
Copy-ready response templates for the Good Jobs and Skills pillars, the contract KPIs those commitments become, and a deliverables checklist for each stage of the bid.
Open the bid packPPN 026 bid tracker
A monthly-reviewed watch list of upcoming central government tenders expected to apply PPN 026 scoring, with dates, contract values and threshold status.
Open the bid trackerLive tender calendar
Real, live Find a Tender notices where social value will be scored — dates, estimated values and PPN 026 threshold status, verified monthly.
Open the tender calendarLive tender calendar
Real Find a Tender notices, refreshed automatically.
Live data
Guidance notes
What counts as social value?
A short explanation of the difference between activity, output and outcome, and why procurement panels care about the third one.
Full note available on request
Preparing social value evidence for a bid
What to gather before you write the response, and how to phrase commitments you can actually deliver.
Full note available on request
Reporting community investment in an ESG statement
How to present programme data so it complements, rather than contradicts, your other disclosures.
Full note available on request
Involving employees without disrupting delivery
Practical volunteering formats that fit around client work and still produce recordable hours.
Full note available on request