We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Cambridgeshire County Council in East of England across 46 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
LGPS governance reforms update
The fund is preparing for major LGPS governance and pooling changes under the Pension Schemes Act and related statutory instruments. This includes the future appointment of a senior LGPS officer and i…
“Thank you, chair. Um and maybe apologies in advance. There is quite a big update today. Lots and lots going on as you're already aware, but I'll try a…”
Administration capacity under pressure
The administration team is experiencing recruitment and retention pressure, with vacancies, turnover, and increased workload from multiple reform programmes. Management is using support from other tea…
“Every fund is doing what we're doing and needing to what get more people in to do all of the projects. Um we've had individuals as as I think I've men…”
Dashboards testing and employer outreach
The fund is progressing pensions dashboard preparation, including data cleansing, testing of the dashboard programme, and outreach to large employers to support testing. The service expects dashboard …
“So, the intention is to start bringing um dedicated reports again when we have some results of the testing and also when we've had a chance to test ou…”
Conflict-zone investment guidance
The committee noted a formal ministerial response stating that LGPS funds should not adopt investment approaches that go beyond or diverge from government sanctions or foreign policy. Members discusse…
“9.3 and 9.4. Um there was a formal minister response uh in the period saying that LGPS funds are not expected to adopt approaches that go beyond or di…”
Geopolitical shock risk
Mercer warned that the Iran/Middle East conflict could drive an energy supply shock, higher oil prices, inflation and interest-rate pressure. This creates short-term volatility for equities, credit an…
“What we've seen this week is an escalation of events in that there was a Iranian attack on Israel on Monday, followed by a reciprocal attack the other…”
Bikeability contract to be retendered
The council is procuring the Bikeability cycle training service again because the contract value is significant and requires a key decision. The service is currently funded through the Active Travel E…
“"the bikability training contract uh procurement due to the value of uh this contract likely to be between 2 to3 million pounds over the period of the…”
Take-up capped at 80%
The main service pressure is incomplete take-up of the offer. The team says the programme is offered to every primary setting, but some schools do not proceed because of timetabling, dropout after boo…
“"we're reaching around about 80% um of those that are eligible to undertake the training" and "there can be um a lack of availability of equipment and…”
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