Richard Macfarlane and Anthony Collins Solicitors

Final report - November 2004

To examine ways in which city council procurement contracts could include community benefit requirements such as the creation of new job and training opportunities. Guidance is required to ensure that this complies with all the relevant legal and policy requirements of local authority procurement.

In addition, social enterprise has been identified as a possible means to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in the local workforce. The research will examine the economic and social outcomes of using the city council�s procurement to stimulate this sector.

• An assessment resource which can be applied to city council contracts to ensure that community benefit clauses comply with all relevant legal and policy requirements



• Legal and policy advice on
  • the inclusion of community benefit requirements in a pilot procurement contract
  
  
  
  • the inclusion of community benefit, particularly training and employment for local and disadvantaged people, within a pilot planning agreement.
  
  
  
• Development work with senior management and political leadership on the benefits of mainstreaming community benefits through procurement and planning.



• Seminars on good practice in securing community benefit on major developments for high level partners � e.g. Southampton City Council, NHS, SEEDA, English Partnerships, Learning & Skills Council, Job Centre Plus, procurement agencies.

For further information on this research please email Richard Macfarlane and Anthony Collins Solicitors.