Recommendation 75

The MOD should set out how it evaluates social value in competitions, how it measures the delivery of social value in the contracts it negotiates, and how it holds contractors accountable to ensure they meet those targets. It should also, as contracts progress, track the delivery of social value and challenge contractors where targets are in danger of being missed. We encourage the Scottish Government to provide any assistance it can in measuring and monitoring social value of these contracts to local authority areas and economies. 115 Qq30–31 116 Q168 117 Evidence taken before the Defence Select Committee, 17 May 2022, Q34 118 Q28 119 Q160 120 Q239 121 Q233 122 Q234 Defence in Scotland: military shipbuilding 29 Understanding shipbuilding supply chains