Traditional procurement or adversarial contracting is a relatively flawed procurement model with recent evidence suggesting that it is not an appropriate method for managing the delivery of infrastructure projects and services. A number of studies employing comparative analytical techniques suggest that traditional procurement fails to meet value for money assessment criteria, it is correlated with significant cost overruns and late delivery and by virtue of the articulated delivery approach, this method often fails to address the key considerations of lifecycle costing and asset management. This is examined in further detail at Appendix 1.