1.6.1 A number of measures have been taken to improve the flexibility of PF2 projects including:
• reducing the range of services undertaken by the private sector Contractor, leaving it to concentrate on the long term running and maintenance of the facility, and leaving responsibility for soft services (such as cleaning and catering) with the Authority. The Authority can then perform these itself, where appropriate, or sub-contract them to private sector providers on a short term flexible basis;
• requiring the Contractor to explicitly pre-price a number of minor maintenance duties enabling the Authority to move these in or out of the PF2 project as it needs through the life of the Contract on a discrete fixed price basis.
• The holding of :
o annual efficiency reviews with the Contractor, designed to examine and improve service delivery, and
o five-yearly lifecycle reviews designed to maximise the efficiency of lifecycle repair, and providing the Authority with the ability to relax hand-back requirements and share 50% of any life cycle fund surpluses at the end of the project term.