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Guide 13:
Promoting regional and community development

How to promote regional and community development through your procurement.

What this economic benefit means

Regional and community development means using procurement to support:

  • community needs
  • regional resilience
  • local outcomes.

These are in preference to focusing solely on access or location.

Wider impacts of supporting regional and community development

When procurement supports regional and community development:

  • community needs are better met
  • regional resilience improves
  • social and economic cohesion strengthens.

Planning for supporting regional and community development

This guidance applies if supporting regional and community development has been identified as a benefit at the planning stage. When planning, consider:

  • Are there community or regional needs this procurement could support?
  • Can local delivery or engagement add value?
  • How does this align with regional or community priorities?

The general guidance on planning for economic benefits applies alongside these specific considerations.

Plan to include economic benefits in the procurement

Example RFx questions to support regional and community development

Use and adapt these examples in your tender documentation to confirm whether respondents can successfully deliver this benefit.

  • Describe how community or regional outcomes will be supported.
  • Describe your ongoing engagement with local communities or organisations.
  • Provide examples of previous or planned initiatives that support this community or region.

Remember to keep requested information proportional and clear. The general guidance on approaching the market for economic benefits still applies.

Approach the market with economic benefits in mind

Indicators of supporting regional and community development

You could use or adapt the following indicators to measure the success of this benefit. If they don’t directly fit your organisation’s context, adapt them as needed.  

Keep performance measurement proportional to the procurement.

  • Time or money invested in the community through events, activities, or programmes.
  • Proportion of total spend on local or regional businesses.
  • Proportion of workforce made up of local or regional workers.
  • Community feedback (including from priority groups).

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