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FAQs

Frameworks

The following FAQs relate to frameworks that PfS has procured for BSF and the Academies Programme:

Q. What frameworks have PfS procured and why?

PfS procured several adviser frameworks for consultancy services in 2005, to support local authorities in BSF to choose the right private sector partners to support them in delivering their local BSF programme. Five of these frameworks are still active.

In 2006, PfS took on delivery of the Academies Programme from the DCSF. As a result of this, PfS procured a Design & Build framework for use by local authorities in procuring Academies where a LEP is not in place.

Q. How can my company get included on the adviser frameworks?

All frameworks are procured through OJEU. Several frameworks are due for re-procurement in 2008/2009 – for up-to-date information see the Frameworks page.

Q. What is the Academies framework?

Academies in local authorities that have yet to be prioritised for inclusion in BSF, or where the LEP will not be established in time to meet the Academy delivery targets, will be delivered using the Academies framework, which is a frameowrk for Design & Build services. The framework was procured by PfS and launched in January 2007.