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The government鈥檚 schools capital agency has fired the starting gun on the procurement of contractors for its second batch of privately-financed schools.

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has issued a contract notice for a batch of 12 schools in the North-east of England, worth up to 拢120m.

The EFA previously said the batch would be worth 拢94m.

The batch of schools is the second of five Priority School 好色先生TV Programme (PSBP) batches to be procured through the government鈥檚 new Pf2 private finance initiative.

It will use a version of the PF2 model, called the 鈥渁ggregator model鈥�, which will use an organisation to provide debt funding for all batches, rather than each batch having to secure its own funding.

, in the Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading area, worth up to 拢150m, last month.

The official contract notice issued by the EFA said contractors would be asked to design, build, finance and maintain the new build schools.

It said services required are 鈥渓ikely to include hard facilities management services and may also include some soft facilities services鈥�.

It said the term of the contract would include a 24 month construction phase and a 25 year operational term from the service commencement date of the final school to be completed in the batch.

The schools included in the North-east batch are:

• Mandale Mill Primary School
• Longbenton Community College
• Front Street Community Primary School
• Lingey House Primary School
• Roman Road Primary School
• Seaham School of Technology
• Bedlingtonshire Community High School
• The Duchess鈥檚 Community High School
• Laurence Jackson School
• Hylton Castle Primary School
• Hetton School
• Shiney Row Primary School

The remaining three Pf2 batches are expected to be brought to market within the next 12 months. They comprise:

• North-west (拢93m, 12 schools)
• Yorkshire (拢97m, seven schools)
• Midlands (拢122m, eight schools)