7.40 This experience and the underlying differences between IT projects and other infrastructure procurement suggest that it is appropriate to look again at the methods used to procure IT. This will involve ensuring that the forms of contract and financing used contribute to overall delivery success. As a result, the Government will now adopt a presumption against the use of PFI in future IT projects.
7.41 PFI in the IT sector will be replaced by a set of procurement options appropriate for different types of IT project. Over the course of summer 2003, OGC and HM Treasury will lead a project to draw up guidance on a range of models for government IT partnering projects, which will allow for joint consideration by customer and supplier of objectives plans, risk and problem resolution. This guidance will replace existing IT PFI guidance but will draw extensively on the innovations and improvements obtained as existing IT PFI contracts have been renegotiated.