In general terms, the local market has rarely strayed beyond the standard plain vanilla form of PPP. In most cases projects have been single-site in nature, although there was
one bundled education project signed in 2000 and a number of others are currently at various stages of procurement. As yet, strategic partnering in a form similar to that utilised in BSF or LIFT is untested although once again, a project is currently in procurement which will adopt a partnering approach. The indications are, however, that the market is becoming open to more innovative and complex approaches. As mentioned above, a project which will utilise a partnering approach is currently being procured in education, and consideration is being given to utilising partnering (perhaps a modified form of LIFT) in primary and community care; and a contractual approach which was at the time unseen in Great Britain was recently adopted in a significant accommodation project.