Another tool the MOD uses to attempt to deliver benefits for local economies and communities is through using social value criteria to evaluate contracts. The MOD has a minimum 20 per cent weighting for social value. which will be applied to shipbuilding competitions.113 We heard that the three areas the MOD will use to evaluate social value are tackling economic inequality, fighting climate change and equal opportunity.114 Some 110 Defence in Scotland: military landscape: Government Response...

Another tool the MOD uses to attempt to deliver benefits for local economies and communities is through using social value criteria to evaluate contracts. The MOD has a minimum 20 per cent weighting for social value. which will be applied to shipbuilding competitions.113 We heard that the three areas the MOD will use to evaluate social value are tackling economic inequality, fighting climate change and equal opportunity.114 Some 110 Defence in Scotland: military landscape: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report, Third Special Report of Session 2022–23, HC 674, p. 2 111 National Shipbuilding Office, National Shipbuilding Strategy Type: conclusion | Number: 72 | Response status: accepted Government response: Both the NSO and the MOD are committed to ensuring that social value commitments through Government shipbuilding procurements and investments are delivered. Under the Cabinet Office Social Value Model, the contracting authority is also mandated to assess the supplier’s