Managing the relationship to secure a successful partnership in PFI projects

Managing the relationship to secure a
successful partnership in PFI projects

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
HC 375 Session 2001-2002: 29 November 2001

LONDON: The Stationery Office
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Ordered by the
House of Commons 
to be printed 26 November 2001

This report has been prepared under Section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 for presentation to the House of Commons in accordance with Section 9 of the Act.

John Bourn
Comptroller and Auditor General

National Audit Office
23 November 2001

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The NAO study team comprised David Finlay, Doug Neal, Martin Obee and Charles Nancarrow under the direction of Richard Eales.

We also convened a reference panel to advise us throughout. It comprised:

Robin Morgan, Assistant Director, Office of Government Commerce; David Kent, Head of Contracts and Competition Group, Her Majesty's Prison Service; Chu Ofili, Head of Contract Section, Contracts and Competition Group, Her Majesty's Prison Service; Peter Coates, Head of PFI, NHS Private Finance Unit; Ian Browne, Assistant Director, MoD Public/Private Partnership Unit; Graham Taylor, Group Manager Procurement Policy, Highways Agency; Tim Wilson, Consultant (on secondment from Senior Civil Service), WS Atkins; and Robin Herzberg, Concessions Director, Carillion;

We also consulted:

Amanda McIntyre, Head of Modernising Government, CBI; Norman Rose, Director General, Business Services Association; Bill Tallis, Director, Major Contractors Group; Graham Watts, Professor, Construction Industry Council.