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Press release: PfS announces shortlist of bidders for Academies framework

12 June 2006

Partnerships for Schools (PfS) are delighted to announce the successful short-listed bidders who will tender for inclusion on the Partnerships for Schools national framework for Academies.

The framework will deliver Academies, one school offers and other educational facilities on behalf of local authorities that are not yet engaged with the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

In alphabetical order, the following bidders have been shortlisted:

  • Alfred McAlpine
  • Amec
  • Balfour Beatty
  • Carillion
  • E.C. Harris
  • HBG
  • Interserve
  • Kier
  • Laing O’Rourke
  • Mace
  • Skanska
  • Taylor Woodrow
  • Vinci trading as Norwest Holst
  • Wilmott Dixon

The evaluation process to date is as a result of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire responses, which were entered by the submission closing date of 5 May 2006.

Colin Howell, Partnerships for Schools' Academies Director, stated that interest in the procurement had been exceptional and all of the responses received to date were of extremely high quality. The short-listing process will now move forward quickly, with the intention to issue tender documents to those selected within the next three weeks.

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Notes to Editors:

  1. Partnerships for Schools (PfS) is the delivery agency for Building Schools for the Future. It was established in April 2004 as a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), and is operated and funded under a joint venture between DfES and Partnerships UK.
  2. On 23 March 2006, Jacqui Smith, then Minister of State for Schools and 14-19 Learners, announced that PfS is to take on responsibility for delivery of the building part of the Academies programme. More information can be found on the PfS website, www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) retains ownership of sponsor relations and educational transformation for the Academies programme.
  3. This framework is only for local authorities who are not yet engaged on BSF. Local authorities that are currently on the BSF programme will deliver Academies through their Local Education Partnerships (LEPs) in the same way as other educational facilities.
  4. The BSF National Construction Contractors' Framework for Academies and Educational Facilities OJEU notice was published on 29 March 2006.