It is hard to find systematic explanations for variations in the lengths of tendering periods, although there are differences between sector

3.6  As illustrated by Figure 10, there was no direct correlation between the time it takes to tender a deal and the capital value of a deal. The type of deal, for example whether a deal is for a school, hospital or other serviced buildings did have a significant influence on time taken to tender. Overall, however, only about a third of the variation in tendering times was explained by factors such as deal size, type of deal and the experience of procurement teams in managing PFI projects.17

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17  See Appendix 4 for the statistics to support this paragraph.