The DICM is a UK social value marketplace where public buyers and suppliers meet community impact objectives!
Over 12 UK regions, the DICM positions strategically important community activities and enables supplier businesses to establish dual impact collaborations which are formalised and tracked in real-time within supplier contracts with emergency services, local authorities, the NHS and criminal justices services.
The DICM was created with senior public procurement leaders to establish a contractual alignment, within regions, between suppliers' social value and the strategic objectives and community needs set within Police & Crime Plans and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs).
Primary Impact
Geographically, businesses supporting programmes/services proven to be building healthier, safer and more resilient communities;
Secondary Impact
Primary impact leading-onto reductions in demand for and costs of frontline policing, health & community care, and criminal justice.
A strategic group of 12 senior police procurement leaders and the key framework operators, utilise the DICM to identify where and how supplier social value can be better directed for greater UK impact; each of 12 regions represented and working with the largest government and public sector suppliers to develop national approaches to building healthier, safer and more resilient communities.
The Thames Valley region was first to adopt the DICM.
Thames Valley Police embedded the DICM into their contracting, with supplier social value harnessed in support of the Police and Crime Plan published by the re-elected Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber.
This is all about building dual impact collaborations into supply contracts...
Activities
Community activities already making dual impact are pre-validated and digitally positioned within regions for businesses to interact with.
Collaborations
The Social Purchase Order (SPO) process links with public contracting and helps businesses evidence social value collaborations with dual impact activity providers.
Measurement
The DICM's regional research hubs collect and evaluate longitudinal dual impact data to then provide insights and metrics to shape practice.
Engagement
Within regions, dedicated operations help in capturing, producing and promoting dual impact to build community awareness and engagement.
Mobilising Civic University Pledges...
The DICM connects with higher education institutions through their published 'Civic University Pledge' to help the positive development of local communities.
This mobilises the pledges, whilst complementing core provisions:
- Aligning their procurement social value with wider public bodies.
- Connecting faculties and student learning into live dual impact activities inside communities.
- Commissioning academics to lead dual impact research operations within the DICM's 12 UK regions.
Some of the most well-known supplier brands have aligned their social value within the DICM...
Businesses of all sizes and provisions can enter the Pluggin Ecosystem and align their social value within the DICM.
