Future programme actions for 2012-14

3.34  The Government will provide further detail on the following potential future measures in March 2012:

•  reducing reliance within the public sector on short-term competition as the primary means for driving efficiency and reducing the public sector's over-use of complex competitive dialogue processes for basic infrastructure projects;

•  supplementary Green Book guidance on risk based assessment of competition and procurement options;

•  issuing formal guidance on new procurement models and consider the removal of potential policy blockers to further improvements;

•  developing competency frameworks for assessing client capability to deliver alternative procurement and contracting approaches and incorporation into assurance and approvals processes and measures to improve training programmes for public sector commissioners; and

•  developing a standard form template for public sector alliancing, building on the existing NEC or similar standard form partnering agreements.