May have been suitable for competitive tendering

PFI Project	Capital value of change £000	Associated operating cost in first year £000	Description of change	How was the cost validated?
May have been suitable for competitive tendering
A19 Dishforth to Tyne Tunnel DBFO	101	20	TiS Loop replacement (23 sets of loops).	The Agency technology team advised that costs were consistent with market rates.
A19 Dishforth to Tyne Tunnel DBFO	100	nil	Low noise re-surfacing.	This was part of a larger scheme. Rates were consistent with the contractor's previously tendered work and were checked by an internal quantity surveyor.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust (Prospect Park)	3,473	152	Conversion of a 35 bed Elderly Organic Dementia Treatment & Assessment Ward (part of the Department of Psychiatry of Old Age) to a 35 bed Intermediate Care Ward for Berkshire West Primary Care Trust. Conversion of an Elderly Day Hospital to a 12 bed Elderly Organic Dementia Treatment & Assessment Ward. Conversion of a 21 bed Acute Mental Health admission ward to an Elderly Day Hospital and Elderly Community Mental Health Team base.	The Trust employed financial, legal, technical advisers and quantity surveyors to examine, validate and report upon the costs and timetable. Quality was monitored by the appointment of an Independent Certifier and quality surveys carried out by the Trust and the FM service provider as the project progressed. This was a major project that impacted significantly upon the construction of the hospital. In order to maintain the existing interface arrangements and to protect the building warranties the original design team was commissioned for the project.
Birmingham 1 - Ten Schools	674	Not available	New teaching block extension.	Benchmarked against original construction cost.
Birmingham 1 - Ten Schools	254	Not available	New staffroom facility.	Benchmarked against original construction cost.
East Riding of yorkshire - Bridlington Schools PFI	850	Not yet agreed	Electrical upgrade to bring schools up to modern day curriculum standard - undertaken whilst the existing buildings were being rewired.	External and in house advice was used to negotiate the change. The work was negotiated to be done on top of another change.
HMP Altcourse/ Fazakerley	327	1,750	Provision of 84 additional prisoner places.	Cost was validated through benchmarking against similar provision of additional prisoner places. Quality was validated as per existing custodial accommodation.
HMP Altcourse/ Fazakerley	25,004	4,300	New house block accommodating 180 additional prisoner places.	The ongoing service element of the change substantially outweighed the works element. Following legal advice that there was no requirement to competitively tender the change, the Department entered into negotiations with the existing provider. The Department also considered that competitively tendering the expansion would have been impractical from a security perspective. The change delivered additional prisoner places earlier than was expected. The cost was validated through benchmarking against similar public/private sector construction projects. The PFI financial model was validated to ensure the project returns were no better and no worse than before the expansion took place. Quality was validated throughout build phase by Independent Engineers working on behalf of the Authority. Advice was also taken throughout the procurement from PUK.
HMP Lowdham Grange	17,229	2,100	Provision of a 128 place new house block and extensions to the existing amenities building.	The ongoing service element of the change substantially outweighed the works element. Following legal advice that there was no requirement to competitively tender the change, the Department entered into negotiations with the existing provider. The Department also considered that competitively tendering the expansion would have been impractical from a security perspective. The change delivered additional prisoner places earlier than was expected. The cost was validated through benchmarking against similar public/private sector construction projects. The PFI financial model was validated to ensure the project returns were no better and no worse than before the expansion took place. Quality was validated throughout build phase by Independent Engineers working on behalf of the Authority. Advice was also taken throughout the procurement from PUK.
kirklees 1 - Twenty Schools	1,989	nil 1	Design and build costs of a sports hall at Thornhill High school.	Authority appointed an agent to validate cost and quality. Cost was negotiated with the contractor based on rates which had been tendered previously.
kirklees 1 - Twenty Schools	392	17	Design and build of a children's centre at Carlinghow school.	Authority appointed an agent to validate cost and quality. Cost was negotiated with the contractor based on rates which had been tendered previously.
London Fire and Civil Defence Authority - Vehicles and Equipment	1,1022	62	Introduction of fleet of six Operational Support units.	The change could not be competitively tendered as the contract includes an exclusivity clause and a process for introducing and managing change. The Authority has developed a 15 point value for money assessment procedure to evaluate the validity of costs submitted by the contractor. This consists of a list of 15 areas within the cost proposal which are scrutinised on a case by case basis. The list includes scrutinising the assumptions and proposals made by the contractor for planned and unplanned maintenance, capital costs, lifecycle costs and residual values.
M40 Junction 1 to 15	683	nil	Installation of emergency crossing points at four places along the M40.	Timescales did not permit this change to be tendered. Costs were based on actual costs incurred by the contractor.
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - Carlisle	206	nil	Alteration and expansion of TSSU - capital equipment.	The work was undertaken by a nominated specialist supplier and a mix of measured term contractors and labour, provided by the FM contractor. The work was carried out on an open book basis with the FM contractor taking the risk for additional cost over 15 per cent.
Northumbria Healthcare - Hexham	22,900	Not available	This 98 bed Acute General Hospital was to be built in two phases but the second phase was deferred following the announcement of NHS-wide changes. The second phase, a major expansion of the clinical facilities of the project, was reinstated at a later date.	During negotiations the PFI contractors' costs and plans were monitored by an adviser appointed by the Trust. This involved benchmarking of individual cost plan elements as well as an overall standard construction rate per square metre. As the project involved an extension to the main hospital building, the Trust considered that there were significant construction and facilities management interface issues which would have to be managed by the existing PFI contractors.
Waltham Forest 2 - Grouped Schools Project	201	Not available	Changing a school from primary to infant - requiring changes in furniture and classroom sizes.	The contract does not allow changes to be tendered. The cost was verified by an in house service.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, New District General Hospital	141	nil	Reconfigure Medical Assessment unit to provide additional bed and trolley space.	The change was undertaken by the existing contractors and validated by an extended schedule of rates.