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This practical guide 'Buy and make a difference' draws on real-life examples to show public procurers how they can help address social concerns both in what they buy and in the way they should expect suppliers to cater for social needs.

This may include:

• promoting healthier eating in schools
• involving community groups to actively engage with businesses to increase employment opportunities to diverse groups
• encouraging the buy-in of the voluntary and community sectors in regeneration projects
• promoting contract opportunities to a broader business community to encourage wider take-up by community groups
• local authorities contracting out for the workforce of a helpdesk in an ethnically diverse area to seek staff fluent in languages used locally to increase awareness and take-up of public services.

Read 'Buy and make a difference: how to address Social Issues in Public Procurement' (Office of Government Commerce)