Social Value Ideas for Dundee City Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Dundee City Council in Scotland across 45 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Current-year financial sustainability
The IJB faces a projected operational overspend of around £4 million for 2026-27. Audit Scotland also reported that the year-end overspend for 2025-26 increased to £5.6 million, and that general fund …
“Um, the position at that point, uh, for for the full year is now has deteriorated and we are now, um, projecting a an operational overspend of around …”
Future budget and savings gap
The five-year financial outlook identifies ongoing pressures, including a 3% recurring efficiency savings requirement from 2027-28, no additional settlement provision for demographic growth, and the p…
“Um, specifically um at 4.1.6, 70 million up to 26 savings. Well, what what some people call savings, I call cuts. 70 million for the 11 years up to 26…”
Budget consultation launched
Members approved a budget consultation on options that could deliver up to £4.2 million of savings against a projected £8.4 million shortfall. The consultation was to run for four weeks across Novembe…
“"the options proposed could contribute up to4.2 million pounds in savings"”
Council clean audit opinion
Audit Scotland issued an unqualified clean audit opinion on Dundee City Council's 2024/25 accounts. While this is not a procurement commitment, it confirms financial stewardship and supports ongoing c…
“Um, the proposed opinion is unqualified. There's no modifications to it. It's a clean audit opinion for the council. Um, and I've said before and we'l…”
Annual audit fee set
Audit Scotland set the annual audit fee for Dundee City Council at £472,500 for 2025/26 and the charitable trusts fee at £8,450, with completion targeted by the end of September and the annual audit r…
“And the last point in the annual audit plan was to confirm that we engage with internal audit and just to say we're not planning to place formal relia…”
Audit fee set at £37,210
Audit Scotland outlined the external audit plan for the 2025-26 accounts, including a fee of £37,210, a 4.3% increase on the prior year. The audit will cover level three investments and the actuarial …
“Within paragraph five, you'll see that sets out the scope of the audit, and that shows that it's not just the things that we're looking at. We also in…”
Generate custom social value statements
Use our free AI tool to draft social value statements based on Dundee City Council's latest meeting transcripts, mapped to the PPN 002 Social Value Model. Get evidence-backed, citable commitments for your bid submissions — your first generation is free, no account needed.
Generate social value statements