Public sector & accessibility.
Public procurement scores social value and accessibility alongside price. We deliver estate condition data, Equality Act access evidence and quantified social value through our dual entity and the SBS Foundation (CIO).
Social value,
scored
and proven.
Under the Procurement Act 2023 and the National TOMs, public buyers weigh social value and accessibility alongside cost. A supplier who can evidence both, against the same frameworks the authority scores on, is easier to award and easier to defend.
Our model is built for that. The SBS Foundation (CIO) runs a workforce pathway that produces quantified, auditable social-value evidence on commercial engagements, and our immersive access surveys deliver accessible 360 evidence aligned to the Equality Act 2010, BS 8300 and BS 9999. Estate condition and PAS 2035 thermal baselines round out the offer for estates and housing teams.
Where it pays
off for public
bodies.
Plain-language applications for estates, housing, highways and procurement teams. Each one produces evidence your authority can score, defend and act on.
Immersive disability access surveys
Navigable, accessible 360 access evidence aligned to the Equality Act 2010, BS 8300 and BS 9999, that a facilities team can act on and a visitor can explore before arriving.
Estate condition programmes
Schedule of Condition across schools, civic buildings and depots, captured to one standard so the whole estate is comparable building to building.
Housing & retrofit thermal
PAS 2035-aligned thermal baselines for social housing, showing where heat is lost before retrofit money is committed.
Planning & development imagery
Aerial imagery and measured data for planning, site appraisal and consultation, in plain views non-specialists can read.
Highways & infrastructure
Condition capture of highway structures, drainage and verges without the road space and traffic management a ground survey needs.
Quantified social value
Auditable social-value evidence aligned to the Procurement Act 2023 and National TOMs, generated through the SBS Foundation (CIO).
Scored, safe,
and defensible.
What this changes for a public buyer, in practical terms.
Scores in procurement
Accessibility and social value evidenced against the same frameworks your evaluators already use.
One standard, whole estate
Every building captured the same way, so condition is comparable and reporting is consistent.
Accessible by design
The access deliverable is itself WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard and screen-reader friendly, not an inaccessible PDF.
Safer across the estate
High-level and hard-to-reach capture without scaffold or extended access works on occupied sites.
Audit trail behind every figure
Social-value numbers traced to a record, so they survive challenge and internal audit.
Framework-ready
Supplier qualification, insurances and documentation prepared for framework and direct-award routes.
What you
receive.
Condition, access and social-value evidence your procurement team can score.
Accessible access report
360 access evidence built to WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard and screen-reader friendly.
Estate condition register
Standardised condition records across a property estate.
Thermal retrofit baseline
PAS 2035-aligned thermal evidence for housing programmes.
Social-value pack
Quantified, auditable TOMs evidence for your reporting.
Public buyer
questions.
More in the FAQ hub.
Social value is generated through the SBS Foundation (CIO) workforce pathway and reported against the Procurement Act 2023 and the National TOMs, the same framework your evaluators score on. Every figure is traced to a record, so it holds up under challenge and audit.
Yes. The 360 access deliverable is built to WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard-operable, screen-reader-friendly and captioned, with a text alternative. An inaccessible accessibility report would be a contradiction, so accessibility of the deliverable is a hard requirement.
Yes. Estate condition programmes capture every building the same way, so the records are directly comparable and the reporting is consistent across schools, civic buildings, depots and housing.
Yes. We prepare supplier qualification, insurances and documentation for framework and direct-award routes, and deliver against the accessibility and social-value criteria public contracts are scored on.