2.13 One of the Department's objectives for the project was to consolidate the NPL on to a smaller site, with the result that it would release surplus land. The opportunity to exploit this land commercially complemented a driving feature of the PFI philosophy, commercial exploitation of redundancy in the public sector's assets. The Department therefore encouraged bidders to consider opportunities to develop the surplus land, in the expectation that successful development would reduce the charges it would have to pay.
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| Teddington Technology Park |
| Costain | Procord |
| Berkeley Homes | Ove Arup | Berwin Leighton | Sumitomo Bank |
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| Osborne | RMJM/ John Thompson | Amec | Building & Property FM | Argent/Trevor Osborne |
| Hawk Development | Charles Russell | Smith Williamson | Oscar Faber | Davis, Langdon & Everest |
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| Laser | Percy Thomas | John Laing | Serco |
| John Laing | John Laing | Rowe & Maw |
| Whitby & Bird Roger Preston |
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| Beazer Homes & Balfour Beatly |
| Balfour Beatly |
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| Shepherd | Sheppard Robson | Shepherd | DSSD |
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| Deutsche Morgan Grenfell |
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| Laing, London & Regional |
| John Laing |
| London & Regional | John Laing | John Laing |
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| Kyle Stewart |
| Kyle Stewart | Serco | Kyle Stewart |
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| Thorburn Colquhoun | Kinney & Green |
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| Drake & Scull | Halpern Partnership | Drake & Scull | Drake & Scull |
| Lawson Price | Arnold Project Services |
| Northcroft/ Daiwa Bank | DSSR/ Hyder |
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| Manly | GMW Partnership |
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| Manly | Kerr & Tucker |
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2.14 The opportunity to develop surplus land encouraged the bidders to look beyond the design and construction of the new laboratories towards maximising development potential. While Laser discussed the technical requirements for the new laboratories with the scientists before submitting its bid, Osborne did not. The Department's evaluation of the resulting bids concluded that Osborne's bid was so poor that Osborne hardly merited being considered as a reserve bidder. Since there were only two bidders left at this stage, the Department therefore had little scope to use competitive tension to encourage Laser to improve the technical quality of its bid.