Decision that a PFI solution is not appropriate

2.13  The Department has established processes for determining the procurement method which it expects to deliver the best value for money, and for deciding whether the project should proceed to contract letting as an approved project. As a result of these processes the Department expects some projects to be abandoned or the form of procurement to be changed. In some cases however, a long period of time elapsed before these decisions were taken on projects which the Department had advertised to the market as potential PFI projects. Further time may be needed if alternative procurement options are then to be pursued. These delays can result in significant costs for both the Department and private sector bidders. They may also affect bidders' strategies for bidding for and pricing future PFI contracts.