TL;DR
- → What it is: UK Cabinet Office rule (Feb 2025) on social value in bids.
- → The 10% rule: at least 10% of the evaluation score goes to social value.
- → How you score it: the TOMs framework with Oxford SVB 2023-24 proxy values.
Procurement Policy Note 002 (February 2025) is a UK Cabinet Office instruction. All central government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies must allocate a minimum 10% weighting of the total contract evaluation score to social value.
PPN 002 applies to new procurements. Contracts initiated under PPN 06/20 stay on the earlier framework.
The 5 PPN 002 missions
- 1. Fighting climate change: carbon reduction, waste minimisation, sustainable procurement.
- 2. Tackling economic inequality: SME supply-chain access, skills development, fair work.
- 3. Equal opportunity: inclusive employment, disability representation, progression pathways.
- 4. Wellbeing: community integration, mental health, workforce wellbeing.
- 5. Covid-19 recovery: (legacy mission, reducing in relevance as recovery progresses).
Key facts
- Minimum weighting: 10% of total evaluation score (buyers can set higher).
- Scoring framework: TOMs (Themes, Outcomes, Measures).
- Proxy values: Oxford Social Value Bank 2023-24 is the canonical reference.
- Scope: new central government contracts from February 2025.
- Relation to PPN 06/20: PPN 002 builds on and supersedes PPN 06/20 (September 2020) for new contracts; PPN 06/20 continues to apply to contracts initiated under its regime.
How CrowAgent uses this term
CrowMark applies the PPN 002 rules-based mission mapping deterministically, not through AI. The flow is: contract profile, then mission selection, then TOMs measure recommendations, then Oxford SVB 2023-24 proxy-value scoring, then AI-assisted narrative generation. Every score traces back to a TOMs measure and an Oxford SVB entry.
Read more
PPN 002 complete guide → - missions, scoring methodology, common mistakes, and evidence requirements.