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Firms announced for new PfS Financial Adviser Framework

09 June 2008

Partnerships for Schools, the agency responsible for delivery of the nationwide Building Schools for the Future programme, has confirmed the new advisers for the Financial Adviser Framework, which came into effect on 9 June 2008.

The Financial Adviser Framework is one of five current frameworks which support delivery of the BSF programme, the largest single schools capital investment programme for over 50 years. BSF will provide world-class teaching and learning environments for all pupils, teachers and communities in England.

The members of the re-procured Financial Adviser Framework are:

  • BDO Stoy Hayward LLP
  • Deloitte LLP
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • Grant Thornton LLP
  • KPMG LLP
  • Navigant Consulting (Europe) Ltd
  • PKF LLP
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The frameworks will help local authorities choose the right private sector partner to work with them in delivering educational transformation through new and rebuilt schools.

Tim Byles, Chief Executive of PfS said: “It is now over three years since PfS launched the national frameworks, and over this time we have seen the importance of being able to recommend well-informed professional support which is committed to the objectives of the BSF programme.

“There are some new firms amongst the members of the financial framework, as well as those which have advised local authorities on their BSF projects to date. Collectively, they will provide efficient access to consistent, high quality advice, and help local authorities to make their BSF vision a reality.”

Notes to Editors:

  1. The five current frameworks are: technical, project and programme, legal, financial and education.
  2. More information about the Adviser Frameworks can be found at: http://www.p4s.org.uk/programme/BSF_Frameworks.jsp
  3. The Financial Framework has been re-procured, following an OJEU announcement in December 2007.
  4. Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the largest single schools capital investment programme for over 50 years. BSF will provide world-class teaching and learning environments for all pupils, teachers and communities in England.
  5. Partnerships for Schools (PfS) is the delivery agency for Building Schools for the Future. PfS was established in April 2004 as a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), and is operated and funded under a joint venture between DCSF (formerly DfES) and Partnerships UK.
  6. There are now 13 BSF schools now open nationwide: Bristol Metropolitan College, Bristol (April 08); Ifield School, Kent (March 08); Michael Tippett SEN School, Lambeth (Feb 08); Sandon High School, Stoke (Feb 08); Birches Head, Stoke (Oct 07); Elm Green, Lambeth (Sept 07); Bristol Brunel Academy (Sept 07); Sixth Form, Haringey (Sept 07); Oxclose, Sunderland (June 07); Chaucer, Sheffield (Oct 06); Bamburgh, STaG  (Oct 06); All Saints, Newcastle (Sept 06); and Solihull Centre for Inclusive Learning (May 06).