Partner to meet social procurement requirements
For suppliers to meet social procurement requirements, they can partner with:
- an intermediary
- a support service
- a program provider
Partners can help suppliers meet the Government’s social procurement requirements. They can:
- connect social benefit suppliers, mainstream suppliers and buyers
- teach others about social procurement and working with government
- help prepare responses for Invitations to supply and social procurement that have a social procurement component
- build capability for long-term social procurement planning
- connect suppliers to job-ready job seekers
- help develop a Social Procurement Commitment Proposal
Some organisations charge a fee for their service.
Who suppliers can partner with
These organisations can help suppliers deliver social and sustainable outcomes:
Social Traders
Social Traders link suppliers with social enterprises.
Map for Impact
Map for Impact connects suppliers to social enterprises, advisors and industry groups across Victoria.
GROW
GROW helps suppliers plan long-term for social procurement and inclusive jobs. GROW has offices in these 5 regional areas:
BuyAbility
BuyAbility connects suppliers with disability enterprises Australia wide.
Kinaway
Kinaway connects suppliers with Victorian Aboriginal businesses.
Supply Nation
Supply Nation links suppliers with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses.
Jobs Victoria
Jobs Victoria gives suppliers tailored support to connect them to job seekers.
JobsBank
JobsBank help suppliers create more jobs for Victorians.
Indigenous Business Australia
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to start and grow viable and sustainable businesses.
Industry Capability Network
Industry Capability Network (ICN) Australia provides services that help small to medium enterprises to access projects in Victoria.
Small Business Victoria
Small Business Victoria (SBV) offers a range of programs for small to medium enterprises.
Support
For more information about social procurement, please contact the Social Procurement team.
Reviewed 13 April 2021
Buying for Victoria
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- State purchase contracts & registers
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- Browse goods and services contracts
- Banking and financial services
- Citrix Systems Asia Pacific
- Document Mail Exchange (DX) Service
- Electricity contract - small sites
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- End user computing equipment
- Energy performance contracting
- eProcurement platform
- Fleet disposals
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- IBM Software Enterprise Agreement
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- Find social benefit suppliers
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- Policies
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- Construction procurement
- Law, policy and construction
- Construction mandated agencies
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- Construction procurement rules
- Purpose of the Direction (Construction Direction 1.1)
- Guiding Principles (Construction Direction 1.2)
- Application of the Directions and Instructions (Construction Direction 1.3)
- Exemptions (Construction Direction and Instruction 1.4)
- Complying with international agreements (Construction Direction 2.1 and Instructions 2.1 and 2.2)
- Complying with International Agreements (Attachments 1 and 2 to Construction Instruction 2.1)
- Tender preparation and planning (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.1)
- Competition and contestability (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.2)
- Promoting efficiency in the tender process (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.3)
- Tender notices (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.4)
- Tender open times (Construction Direction 3.5)
- Tender documentation (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.6)
- Evaluation criteria (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.7)
- Mandatory evaluation criteria for occupational health and safety management (Attachment 1 to Construction Instruction 3.7)
- Mandatory evaluation criteria for industrial relations management (Attachment 2 to Construction Instruction 3.7)
- Probity requirements (Construction Direction and Instruction 4.1)
- Managing probity in public construction (Construction Direction and Instruction 4.2)
- Forward notices (Construction Direction and Instruction 5.1)
- Publishing details of procurement undertaken (Construction Direction and Instruction 5.2)
- Disclosure of contracts and variations to contracts (Attachment 1 to Construction Instruction 5.2)
- Use of registers and supplier panels (Construction Direction and Instruction 6.1)
- Contracting requirements (Construction Direction and Instruction 7.1)
- Contractual terms and conditions (Construction Direction and Instruction 7.2)
- Compliance with policy requirements (Attachment 2 to Construction Instruction 7.2)
- Debrief for tender participants (Construction Direction and Instruction 8.1)
- Supplier performance and shared reporting regime (Construction Direction and Instruction 8.2)
- Complaints (Construction Direction and Instruction 8.3)
- Public Construction Procurement Committee (Construction Direction 8.4)
- Standards for public construction (Construction Direction and Instruction 9.1)
- Responsibilities of the Accountable Officer (Construction Direction 10.1)
- Delegation (Construction Direction 10.2)
- Authorising provisions (Construction Direction 11)
- Construction matters nominated by the Secretary
- Definitions for public construction procurement
- Government pre-qualification registers for construction
- Public Construction Procurement Committee
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- Construction procurement guidance
- Guiding principles (Construction Guidance 1.2)
- Application of the Directions and Instructions (Construction Guidance 1.3a)
- Defining public construction (Construction Guidance 1.3b)
- Exemptions (Construction Guidance 1.4)
- Tender preparation and planning (Construction Guidance 3.1)
- Competition and contestability (Construction Guidance 3.2.1)
- Limited Tenders (Construction Guidance 3.2.2)
- Promoting efficiency in the tender process (Construction Guidance 3.3)
- Tender Notices (Construction Guidance 3.4)
- Tender open times (Construction Guidance 3.5)
- Tender Documentation (Construction Guidance 3.6)
- Evaluation criteria (Construction Guidance 3.7)
- Probity – apply public sector values (Construction Guidance 4.1.1)
- Probity – treat tender participants fairly and equally (Construction Guidance 4.1.2)
- Probity – maintain confidentiality of tender participants’ confidential information (Construction Guidance 4.1.3)
- Probity – auditable, accountable and transparent tender and contract management processes (Construction Guidance 4.1.4)
- Probity – identify and manage conflicts of interest (Construction Guidance 4.1.5a)
- Probity – commitment from tender participants (Construction Guidance 4.1.5b)
- Managing probity in Public Construction Procurement (Construction Guidance 4.2)
- Forward notices (Construction Guidance 5.1)
- Publishing details of procurements undertaken (Construction Guidance 5.2)
- Use of Registers and Supplier Panels (Construction Guidance 6.1)
- Contracting requirements (Construction Guidance 7.1)
- Compliance with legislative and policy requirements Contracting requirements (Construction Guidance 7.2.1)
- Non-Standard Commercial Arrangements (Construction Guidance 7.2.2)
- Debrief for tender participants (Construction Guidance 8.1)
- Supplier performance and shared reporting regime (Construction Guidance 8.2)
- Complaints (Construction Guidance 8.3)
- Responsibilities of the Accountable Officer (Construction Guidance 10.1)
- Delegation (Construction Guidance 10.2)
- Digital engineering strategic framework
- Reforming public construction
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- Goods and services procurement policies
- Goods and services procurement legislation
- Goods and services mandated agencies
- Goods and services supply policies
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- Governance – goods and services policy and guides
- Governance policy
- Identifying procurement categories
- Complaints management
- Contract management planning strategy
- Innovation and the procurement process
- Managing an unsolicited proposal
- Environmental impact in procurement
- Probity in procurement
- Preparing a supplier engagement plan
- Developing a procurement activity plan
- Developing a procurement strategy
- Achieving value for money
- Improving access to government business for SMEs
- Prequalified supplier arrangements
- Information security
- Early market engagement
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- Market analysis and review – goods and services policy and guides
- Market analysis and review policy
- Governance of State Purchase Contracts & VGPB’s engagement model
- Creating a business case
- Understanding the supply chain
- Market analysis and review guide
- Government procurement under international agreements guide
- Aggregated purchasing guide
- Victorian government paper procurement guide
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- Market approach – goods and services policy and guides
- Market approach policy
- Probity in procurement guide
- Supplier feedback guide
- Evaluation negotiation and selection
- Insurance provisions
- Specification writing
- Develop an offer template
- Market approach guide
- Procurement auctions
- Pre-commercial procurement
- State purchase contracts and registers for goods and services
- Call Centre Code
- Internal shared service provider
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- International agreements
- Covered entities - international agreements
- Measures implementing procurement requirements of international agreements
- Relevant jurisdictions for domestic dispute resolution – international agreements
- Arbitrators available for dispute resolution under international agreements
- Local Jobs First
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- Social procurement framework and guides
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- Social procurement framework
- Social procurement messages from Ministers
- Introduction to social procurement framework
- Victorian Government’s social and sustainable procurement objectives
- Social procurement - Victorian Government approach
- Sustainable procurement
- Social Procurement Framework requirements and expectations
- Embedding social procurement
- Social procurement planning and tactics
- Implementing and reporting social procurement
- Social procurement – relevant Government policy, legislation and initiatives
- Social procurement – terms and definitions
- Understanding social procurement
- Social procurement in context
- Scope of the Social Procurement Framework
- Social procurement objectives and outcomes and key focus areas
- Social procurement - determining the value of individual procurement activities
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- Social procurement – individual procurement activity requirements and detailed guides
- Social procurement – individual procurement activity requirements
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for Victorians with disability
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for women’s equality and safety
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for disadvantaged Victorians
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for supporting safe and fair workplaces
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for sustainable Victorian social enterprise and Aboriginal business sectors
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for sustainable Victorian regions
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for environmentally sustainable outputs
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for environmentally sustainable business practices
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for implementation of climate change policy objectives
- Social procurement – evaluating social outcomes in procurement
- Social procurement – guide to contract management
- Social procurement – Department and agency reporting requirements
- Social procurement toolkit
- Social procurement document library
- Vehicle policy
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- Supplying to government
- How government buys
- Purchasing process
- How to get known
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- Policies suppliers need to know about
- Local Jobs First Policy
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- Social Procurement Framework for suppliers
- About social procurement - suppliers
- Planning for social and sustainable outcomes - suppliers
- Support for suppliers
- Invitations to supply and social procurement - suppliers
- Responding to social procurement objectives - suppliers
- Measuring and reporting social outcomes - suppliers
- Uniforms and personal protective equipment - suppliers
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