The Social Procurement Framework leverages the significant buying power of government to drive increased value for money in all the goods, services and construction we procure. By not solely focussing on the cheapest price, we can maximise social, economic and environmental benefits for all Victorians, and create Victorian jobs.
Social Procurement Framework objectives and outcomes
The Framework has 10 objectives, each with specific and measurable outcomes.
Opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people
Outcomes sought:
- Purchasing from Victorian Aboriginal businesses
- Employment of Victorian Aboriginal people by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Opportunities for disadvantaged Victorians
Outcomes sought:
- Purchasing from Victorian social enterprises
- Job readiness and employment for:
- long-term unemployed people
- disengaged youth
- single parents
- migrants and refugees
- workers in transition
Opportunities for Victorians with disability
Outcomes sought:
- Purchasing from Victorian social enterprises and Australian disability enterprises
- Employment of Victorians with disability by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Women’s equality and safety
Outcomes sought:
- Adoption of family violence leave by Victorian Government suppliers
- Gender equality within Victorian Government suppliers
Supporting safe and fair workplaces
Outcomes sought:
- Purchasing from suppliers that comply with industrial relations laws and promote secure employment
Sustainable Victorian social enterprise and Aboriginal business sectors
Outcomes sought:
- Purchasing from Victorian social enterprises and Aboriginal businesses
Sustainable Victorian regions
Outcomes sought:
- Job readiness and employment for people in regions with entrenched disadvantage
Environmentally sustainable outputs
Outcomes sought:
- Project-specific requirements to use sustainable resources and to manage waste and pollution
- Use of recycled content in construction works
Environmentally sustainable business practices
Outcomes sought:
- Adoption of sustainable business practices by suppliers to the Victorian Government
Implementation of Victoria’s Climate Change Policy objectives
Outcomes sought:
- Project-specific requirements to minimise greenhouse gas emissions
- Procurement of goods and services that are resilient against the impacts of climate change
'The Victorian Social Procurement Framework has been instrumental in changing the way businesses approach social procurement.'
Dan Renfrey
Regional / Sustainable Procurement Manager, Boral
Speaker - Social Enterprise World Forum 2020
Distribution of social procurement achievements featured in this report
The location of the case studies and short stories featured in this year’s report are:
- Mildura
- Birchip
- Mallee region
- Bendigo
- Melbourne
- Geelong
- Colac
- Port Campbell
- Yarra Valley region
- Maryvale
- Orbost
Reviewed 10 December 2020