Case Studies
BCSPI members are integrating social procurement into their purchasing to create social, environmental and ethical outcomes for their communities. These case studies dig deeper into a selection of procurement scenarios from across the region, describing the process, outcomes and lessons learned.
BCSPI Member Resources
BCSPI members get access to a number of social procurement resources designed by subject matter experts. Member resources include templates, guides and a library packed with examples. Combined with BCSPI’s project-by-project consulting support, these resources make implementing social procurement achievable and management. BCSPI members can log in to the Member Home to access the following resources and many others.
RFP Template for Goods & Services with Social Value
This RFP template for goods and services purchasing incorporates social value language and evaluation criteria. The template includes space for member-specific clauses to be added throughout.
Social Value RFx Questionnaire Design Guide
The Social Value RFx Questionnaire design guide can be used to develop and score social procurement outcomes for competitive bid processes. Members can customize the questionnaire and include it in their RFx documents as an appendix.
Sample RFQ for Construction Projects Under $250K
This template assists members in preparing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for smaller construction projects with a focus on the inclusion of small and medium sized enterprises (SME) and social value suppliers.
Social Procurement Policy Template and Guide
This template provides a complete outline for a municipal purchasing policy inclusive of social procurement. It is fully customizable and members can easily insert information and other clauses specific to their organization throughout.
Request for Information (RFI) Template
This RFP template for goods and services purchasing incorporates social value language and evaluation criteria. The template includes space for member-specific clauses to be added throughout.
Learn more about Membership
Joining BCSPI is easy, impactful and affordable. Visit our membership page to learn more about becoming a member.
Coaching and Consulting Services
The BCSPI team of social procurement and supply chain experts provide consulting & coaching services to members on a project-by project basis including:
- Planning your social procurement implementation journey
- Initial project review & scoping
- Identification of social procurement objectives
- Social value language inclusion
- Planning your social procurement implementation journey
- Initial project review & scoping
- Identification of social procurement objectives
- Social value language inclusion
Coaches and Consultants
David LePage – Managing Partner, Buy Social Canada
David is Managing Partner at Buy Social Canada and has been a pioneer and subject matter expert in social procurement dating back to his 2003 exploration of demand side models through the Social Purchasing Portal. David and the Buy Social Canada team work with governments and organizations across Canada and internationally to conduct social procurement training and create social procurement implementation strategies. David is the author of “Marketplace Revolution – from Concentrated Wealth to Community Capital”.
Rory Kulmala – CEO, Vancouver Island Construction Association
Rory is CEO at Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) and has accreditation as an Applied Science Technologist and a Project Management Professional. Rory provides support to BCSPI members on integration of social procurement outcomes within construction and infrastructure projects. He also provides liaison and industry engagement with the construction sector to help familiarize contractors with social procurement and community benefit approaches.
Anthony Jeffery – Anthony Jeffery Procurement Services Inc.
Anthony was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia, but has spent most of his life Canada. He has worked for both federal and municipal governments in Australia and Canada, specializing in creating and delivering strategic procurement programs and services. Anthony has experience implementing social and sustainable procurement in a wide range of project scenarios and brings a wealth of technical procurement experience to BCSPI.
Impact Measurement Tools
BCSPI members get access to a number of impact management resources to support their social procurement implementation. These essential tools help members to measure the outcomes and impact of their social procurement in support of their identified community objectives.
BCSPI Annual Impact Report 2021-2022
BCSPI is piloting a common Impact Measurement Framework to help members understand and measure the social and sustainable impact of their purchasing. BCSPI’s first Annual Impact Report explores the impact created by members from 2021-2022.
Impact Measurement Framework
BCSPI’s region-wide impact measurement framework for social procurement makes it easy for members to measure and report on social procurement outcomes and impact. The framework is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Impact Measurement Framework Guide
This RFP template for goods and services purchasing incorporates social value language and evaluation criteria. The template includes space for member-specific clauses to be added throughout.
Tool Spotlight: Purchase for Impact and Measure What matters
As social procurement criteria in RFx become more common, governments and organizations need to measure and report out the community benefits their dollars are creating. Join the BCPSI Impact Measurement Working Group for an overview of the impact measurement framework and the tools you need to start measuring your impact today.
Supplier Engagement Resources
BCSPI members get access to supplier engagement resources that help bridge the all-important gap between purchasers and social value suppliers. These resources support vendors in understanding the opportunities available through social procurement and how to respond to and deliver on competitive bid opportunities.
Vendor Outreach Guide
This guide is designed to support BCSPI members with strategies to engage with and enhance relationships with social value suppliers. The guide covers 10 key areas that can contribute to successful relationships and engagement between purchasers and suppliers.
Vendor Information Sheet
Local governments and public institutions want to buy from businesses who are aligned with their values and can contribute to community well-being and resiliency. This information sheet helps suppliers respond to purchasing opportunities that include social and environmental criteria
Tool Spotlight: Vendor Outreach Guide
This video provides an overview of how to use the BCSPI Vendor Outreach Guide. It provides an overview of important vendor outreach and engagement strategies and explores the ten key areas found in the guide that can contribute to successful engagement between social value purchasers and suppliers.
More BCSPI Member Resources
Members get access to an online knowledge hub and resource library containing hundreds of social procurement examples from BCSPI members and other organizations, in-depth industry reports and a wealth of other helpful information to implement social procurement.
The BCSPI webinar library contains over 25 pre-recorded deeper dives into topics like social procurement for COVID-19 recovery, trade agreements, social value inclusion for RFx, drafting a social procurement policy, social procurement in construction projects and more.
BCSPI’s community of practice provides opportunities for member purchasing staff to engage in discussion and shared learning. Challenges, successes, resources and outcomes are all shared to support members’ social procurement implementation journey.
Other Social Procurement Resources
BCSPI service delivery partner, Buy Social Canada provides a selection of publicly available resources to learn more about social procurement and how these new best practices can be implemented in a variety of procurement scenarios.
Join BCSPI today and get access to training, resources & more
Joining BCSPI is easy, impactful and affordable. Visit our membership page to learn more about becoming a member.
