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‘It’s all about Gina ……’

Achieving Social and Economic Development through Strategic Approaches to Major Project Procurement

Claire Parry

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AgendaBackground and Context

• Social Procurement or Social Commissioning ‐ Outputs versus Outcomes• Social and Economic benefits• The Evolution – UK • The Commissioners 

Case Studies• The London Story – Major Projects 

• Greater London Authority• Olympics 2012• Crossrail • Lessons Learnt 

• Legislation and Local Government• North West Rail Link• The Apprentice

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Social Procurement or Social Commissioning

Social Procurement • The generation of social value through purchasing and procurement processes

Social Commissioning• A strategic approach to the generation of socio‐economic outcomes through the procurement of goods, works and services

Social Outputs v Social Outcomes • Social output = activity

• Running a lunch club for older people• Social outcome = impact 

• Feeling less isolated and more mobile • Time  in the community away from usual environment/ carers• A regular healthy cooked meal

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Socio‐ Economic BenefitsGovernment 

• Boosting the economy – supply chain distribution• Value for money‐ increasing competition• Growth and innovation• Employment • Local investment and participation

• Urban and community regeneration• Livability and community well‐ being 

Industry• SME opportunities• Skills legacy• Workplace health and safety• Building workforce capacity and capability • Workforce retention• Global competitiveness

Private sector• Competitive advantage• Corporate social responsibility• Accessing local skills • Employee retention

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Socio‐Economic BenefitsProject and Operational Service delivery

• Setting new benchmarks• Demonstrating VFM• Productivity, quality and safety• Mitigating  skills shortages and gaps• Equality and diversity• Ethical and social reputation• Developing a skills bank in the public and private sector 

Communities and Individuals

• Local Employment• Career progression and skills development• Improving access and participation for minority and 

disadvantaged individuals and communities• Increased social and economic capital‐ community health and 

well‐being• Inspiring future talent into industry• Re‐trenching and transferable skills• Local business and social enterprise opportunities

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The  Evolution ‐UK• Public Sector ‐Section 106 

• Planning obligations to offset negative impacts caused through construction and development

• Private Sector ‐Corporate Social Responsibility

• Sustainability ‐ triple bottom line principles

• BS8903 ‐British Standard for Sustainable Procurement

• Responsible / Sustainable Procurement Policies 

• Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 • Legislative  requirement for public authorities to have 

regard to economic, social and environmental well‐being in connection with public services contracts

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Public Sector ‐ Social Commissioners   NSW

• North West Rail Link and Sydney Rapid Transit• Sydney Light Rail• TfNSW– extended operating model• WestConnex

Interstate • Gold Coast Light Rail• Capital Metro, ACT

International• London Olympics 2012• Greater London Authority• UK Nuclear Program• Local Government (Public Sector – Social Value Act)

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Case Study – The London Story 

“Responsible Procurement means pioneering socially, environmentally and economically responsible procurement to deliver improved quality of life and 

better value for taxpayers, our people, our businesses and our City”

Key themes • Strategic Labour Needs and Training (SLNT)• London Living Wage (LLW)• Freight and Cycle Safety• SMEs and Diverse Suppliers• Equality and Diversity• Environment• Ethical Sourcing

Delivery• London 2012 Olympics• Greater London Authority

• Crossrail• Transport for London • Metropolitan Police• London Fire Brigade 

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London 2012 – Procurement Policy

• EU procurement regulations 

• Balanced Scorecard: Balancing cost, time and quality with Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) corporate values and objectives

- Safe and secure - Equalities and inclusion - Environment- Quality and Functionality- Legacy

• Supply chain obligations

• CompeteFor – opening up private sector procurement opportunities to SME’s

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ODA Balanced Scorecard

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Crossrail

Europe’s largest infrastructure project ‐ £15bn value. Stretching across London, the new railway will cover over 100km of track including 21km 

new twin‐bore rail tunnels and nine new stations

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UK Workforce Demand

• 3,500 tunnelling and underground construction workforce requirement on Crossrail 

• UK Nuclear Program• Thames Tideway

• Northern Line Extension• HS2

World wide demandEurope

• Dublin Metro

• Copenhagen Metro Phase 2)

• Spain – high speed rail (Barcelona – Gerona)

• Cologne Metro

• Hamburg Metro

• Austria‐ numerous Hydro Tunnels

• Thessalonika Metro

Asia

•Hong Kong Express Rail Link & Singapore Downtown Line 2 & Kuala Lumpur MRT

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Crossrail – Creating a Legacy

• £42bn benefits to UK economy• UK – wide economic benefits via supply 

chains• 75,000 business opportunities• 55,000 full time equivalent jobs 

• Embedding new approaches to public procurement – triple bottom line

• Revitalising industry ‐ skills shortages and gaps• 25 year pipeline of major infrastructure 

projects• Setting new benchmarks in health, safety and 

workforce development• Supplier diversity• Ethical trading • Skills legacy• Increase global competitiveness

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Crossrail Mayoral Priority 

• Supporting Londoners to improve their skills, job and advancement prospects through integrated employment support and training opportunities

Crossrail Act: Undertakings and Commitments

• Use all reasonable endeavours to encourage recruitment of local people to jobs on the construction of Crossrail: To work with local partnership agencies/organisations, where appropriate, for local labour and skills training

Transport for London – Responsible Procurement Policy 

Skills & Employment Strategy 

• Maintaining Safety    

• Inspiring Future Talent 

• Local Labour             

• Revitalising our tunnelling skills base

Contractual Obligations

• £ value based outputs

• Job Brokerage

• CompeteFor procurement portal

• Flow down commitments

• Building SME and Social Enterprise capacity to access supply chains

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Crossrail Skills & Employment Pledges

Priority targets (50% +)• Apprenticeships• Creation or safeguarding jobs via Crossrail contractors

• ‘Local’ and long term unemployed• Sustainable -26 weeks +• Safeguarding – ex London 2012• Crossrail Job Brokerage Service – mandatory requirement

Other targets (up to 50%)• Workforce skills: re-skilling & up-skilling (mandatory qualifications for underground workers)• Graduate training schemes• Work placements & tasters – young people and adults

Access to:-• Pre-employment training• Job opportunities• Post –employment support • Skills development• Young Crossrail

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Crossrail – Skills and Employment Delivery

Partnership Approach• National and local government agencies• Industry• Training providers and industry skills councils• ContractorsClient• Executive leadership• Skills and labour forecasting – mapping supply and demand• Local Skills and Employment Hubs  • Funding applications• Pre‐employment training‐ access for new local entrants• Setting new benchmarks ‐mandating qualifications and cards  to drive workforce capability and 

transferable skills• Developing supply chain capacity ‐ SMEs• National profile Industry• Defining occupational standards for new roles• Support for RTOs ‐ Train the trainer and industry up‐skilling• Qualification development and training for new and emerging technologies• Client collaboration to drive industry change and inform government decision‐making   

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Crossrail ‐Key Achievements 2010‐2013 Economic Progress

• 97% of Crossrail –related contracts held by UK companies• Supply chain:‐

• 62% businesses winning bids are outside London• 60% FTE jobs outside London• 62% contracts held by SME’s

Equality, Opportunity and Social Inclusion

• 2900 new local jobs for unemployed people via job brokerage service• 86% jobs filled by Londoners• 62% new entrant jobs filled by previously un‐employed people• 375  apprentices on formal apprenticeship schemes• 44% apprentices previously not in work or education, double the UK average• 33%  women, UK construction industry average 20%• 24% ‐ Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) – UKCG average 5%

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Crossrail ‐ Key Achievements 2010‐2013 Workforce up‐skilling • 7000+ individuals undertaken accredited training

• 500+ work experience and placements

• 250+ graduates on formal graduate schemes

• 5000+ completed Tunnel Safety Card training and testing

• 5000+ truck drivers trained

• £15m funding to support skills and employment delivery

Wider legacy achievements• Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy   

• Specialist facility and plant

• Industry and government  sponsorship

• New industry qualifications, apprenticeships and licences

• Skills and labour forecasting tool

• Innovative multi‐agency approach

• Influencing government procurement policy and strategy

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Lessons Learnt• Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration• Transformational possibilities of major projects • Objectives – relevant and appropriate to 

project, location and future industry requirements 

• Selling the benefits to all stakeholders‐ what’s in it for them? 

• Contractual obligations across strategic skills requirements

• Procurement – enforceable targets, measurable outcomes and KPIs

• Tracking and reporting progress 

• Leadership and ownership

• Supply chain engagement

• Embedding CompeteFor across all procurement 

• Job Brokerage to maximise local employment opportunities

• Better alignment with Infrastructure UK to identify future pipelines of work

• Sharing good practice across the UK

• Operations  and services contracts  opportunities 

Future Projects

• Thames Tideway

• UK Nuclear Program

• High Speed 2 (HS2)

• Northern Line Extension

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North West Rail Link

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North West Rail Link

$8.3 billion budget

Open by late 2019

First stage of rapid transit 

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Context and Alignment Commonwealth Government 

• COAG – National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development 

• Department of Employment‐ employment objectives • Department of Industry – industry capacity and skills objectives

NSW Government • NSW 2021 – Goal 1 – Improve the performance of the NSW economy, Goal 6 – Strengthen NSW Skills Base

• NSW Procurement Strategic Directions 2014‐15• NSW Training Management Guidelines • Aboriginal Participation in Construction Guidelines – indigenous procurement policy update

TfNSW• Corporate Plan‐ Theme 5 ‐Support the development of a capable, cohesive and safe workforce

• Long Term Transport Master Plan• TfNSW Environment and Sustainability Policy Framework • TfNSW Diversity Policy (draft) – 2014

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Context and Alignment 

Greater Western Sydney – regional context• Regional Leadership Group (DPC )

• GWS Social procurement Forum • Premier's commitment – 1000 apprentices

• Regional youth unemployment statistics

Industry• NSW ‐ The  Infrastructure State 

• Infrastructure pipeline – capacity to respond • Concurrent delivery = competition, cost, skills shortage• Consecutive delivery = transferable skills and employment

• Civil Contractors Federation NSW Forecasting Report – 40% skills shortage within three years

• SkillsDMC E‐ Scan – aging workforce, skills gaps and shortages

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NWRL Workforce Development Strategy

Key objectives• support local labour force participation• resolve skills shortages locally and nationally through targeted 

skills development• maintain competitiveness of the construction sector by 

attracting skills locally and nationally• ensure procurement decisions in the transaction management 

phase support state and federal efforts to increase workforce participation

• encourage the next generation to pursue careers in engineering and construction

NWRL has an endorsed implementation plan to support the strategy

Benefits align with ‘NSW 2021’ and NSW Training Management Guidelines

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NWRL Workforce Targets Example workforce 

development targets in contracts

% of total workforce that are apprentices / trainees from Greater Sydney area

% of total workforce sourced from Greater Western Sydney area

% of workforce participating in national recognised accredited training

Workforce diversity and disadvantage groups

Work experience, education placements and graduate opportunities

Mandated requirements are embedded in contracts to support the achievement of targets

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Shared ownership of a workforce legacy

Key initiative: NWRL Skills and Employment Advisory Group (multi‐

stakeholder group)

Skills and Employment Advisory Group

• NWRL• Dept. of Employment • Dept. of Industry• NSW Dept. Education & 

Communities• State Training Services• Civil Contractors Federation‐

NSW• Skills DMC – ISC• Transport & Logistics ISC• TAFE• NWRL Principal Contractors 

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NWRL Achievements to datePartnerships

• Skills & Employment Advisory Group established• Lead training provider appointed –TAFE WSi• Employment services provider ‐ Breakthru

Contracts• Workforce targets and reporting across all contract packages

Programs• Pre‐employment training programs TSC Tunnel Competency and Training Program

Funding • External funding accessed to support pre‐employment training

Shared legacy• Approach adopted on Sydney Light Rail, Canberra Metro, WestConnex• TfNSW policy development • GWS Social Procurement Forum (DPC)• Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia workforce theme 

development

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Legislation and Local Government The Public Sector ( Social Value ) Act

2012London Borough of Croydon Demographics

• Population ‐ 365,000• Highest number of 0‐16yrs in 

London• Highest proportion of Black and 

Minority Ethnic• Children in poverty range – 27‐50%

• Some of highest house prices in UK• 59% home  ownership

• 40% degree –qualified

• High crime rates in some wards• Gang crime• Croydon riots – 2011

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Legislation and Local Government London Borough of Croydon

• Applying the Social Value Act through social value commissioning• Development of a Social Value Toolkit for Commissioners • Capacity building local suppliers and social enterprises• Skills centres located within communities• Council contracts ‐ local business and  social enterprises‐ social housing, street cleaning and maintenance

• Developing social enterprises and public sector ‘spin‐offs’• Supporting social cohesion and economic development

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It’s all about Gina …..Deathstroke Regina Chester Jefff Dave Dum Dee Dum Tumblepot 

‐ was Regina Dee Gardner‐ NEET – not in employment, education or training‐ seeking  employment in male‐dominated industry 

Gina- accessed Crossrail’s job brokerage service- attended Tier 1 contractor assessment day- gained employment as an Engineering Technician (Apprentice) in 2011- working in high risk tunnelling environment at Whitechapel Station- won ‘Apprentice of the Year’ - is now working towards becoming an Incorporated Engineer

- Is an Outcome 

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