Following the consensual termination of the contract with LST, the BBC commenced EU procurement exercises for facilities management in London and Scotland, and for the provision of construction management project services UK wide. These are shorter-term supply contracts covering a period of four to five years. On the FM procurement, the BBC recently announced a shortlist of six companies. A very large number of companies have qualified for construction management project services shortlisting and a shortlist of potential suppliers is being evaluated now.
The recommendations made by the NAO concerning performance-related payment systems and the contract variations process have been incorporated into the intended new supply agreements.