Procure for Impact is a specialist consultancy applying system design thinking to public procurement. The work spans sector-level research — diagnosing systemic challenges and proposing design solutions — and direct advisory engagements with commissioners and programme leaders.
The construction sector needs 100,000 additional skilled workers. Individual procurement obligations — apprenticeship targets, skills plans, employment commitments — are well-intentioned but collectively fail to close the gap. Working with the Construction Skills Mission Board, this work diagnoses why: each procurement operates in isolation, creating what amounts to a growth trap where rational individual decisions prevent sector-level progress. The proposed solution applies system design thinking — defining shared outcomes, coordinating accountability across commissioners and contractors, and treating skills investment as infrastructure rather than a compliance requirement.
Major infrastructure creates a one-off opportunity for lasting community benefit — but only if that benefit is designed in, not bolted on. Within the New Hospital Programme, this work develops the Local Value Partnership model: a coordinated approach to embedding genuine local benefit into hospital construction through shared accountability across commissioners, contractors, and community partners. The focus is on creating enduring local capability, not short-term activity that disappears when the contractor leaves site.
Mark brings over 20 years of experience in public sector procurement and programme delivery across NHS, local government, central government, and major infrastructure. He founded Procure for Impact to bridge the gap between policy ambition and operational delivery — developing the methodology to make outcome-led, socially valuable procurement work in practice.
Mark currently holds an interim role as Head of Social Value for the New Hospital Programme alongside his consultancy work.