GCHQ set up a management structure to oversee and manage the project

2.7  In October 1996 GCHQ had established a team of nine staff to progress the New Accommodation Project. The team would be responsible for the timely and efficient delivery of the Project, and was headed by the Project Director, who reported to the Project Board. This Board was headed by the Director of Administration who in turn reported to the main GCHQ Board, chaired by the Director of GCHQ.

2.8  The Project Team did not have any PFI experience so, early in the process, it appointed a team of advisers from a list supplied by the Private Finance Panel Executive and Treasury Task Force (Figure 2). These were all appointed through the normal competition process, and GCHQ and its advisers liaised closely with the Private Finance Panel in preparing the Invitation to Tender and the competition and timetables.

The Figure shows the advisers GCHQ commissioned to advise on the business case for new accommodation