Construction procurement: project initiation and business cases handbook

Chapter 8: Community Benefits

1. Overview

2. Guidance

Overview

1.1. Under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 all public sector contracting authorities are required to consider including community benefit requirements for all regulated procurements where the estimated value of the contract is at least £4 million. Community Benefits in public procurement contribute towards achieving the aims of the Sustainable Procurement Duty and should therefore be considered for contracts valued lower than £4 million, wherever relevant and proportionate.

Guidance

2.1. The Scottish Government community benefits in procurement webpage provides general guidance and a number of tools to assist contracting authorities. The Scottish Futures Trust developed a Community Benefits Toolkit to assist contracting authorities in delivering community benefits through construction contracts and projects.