Partnerships for Schools is considering setting up regional frameworks for the 拢15.6bn of building work that it is taking over from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
PfS, which is already responsible for delivering the government鈥檚 拢45bn 好色先生TV Schools for the Future programme, will take on the extra work from 1 October. It includes the primary school building programme, which was launched in April, and which will spend 拢1.6bn over the next two years. No procurement route has been agreed for this work.
The use of frameworks would be a boost for medium-sized contractors, which could miss out on work procured through local education partnerships (LEPs).
The LEP model, under which a consortium teams up with a local authority, is also being considered. It tends to discriminate against smaller firms because of its broader scope.
Tim Byles, chief executive of PfS, said: 鈥淲e don鈥檛 rule out the use of frameworks to do primary capital 鈥� it could happen. There will be no single approach to delivery.鈥�
Other programmes transferring to PfS include the Targeted Capital Programmes, which is aimed at specific policy goals, such as zero-carbon exemplar schools.
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