33. The project team will need to provide the following documentation as part of the Stage 1 assessment:
∙ Viability, Desirability and Achievability questions answered and the overall position signed off by the project team for each heading.
∙ A table listing the assumptions behind each of the spreadsheet inputs. Where there is a lack of supporting evidence this should be stated and the method used to approximate the input detailed.
∙ A plan and timetable to address any gaps in the information collected.
∙ A table setting out the key scenarios run for the programme spreadsheet and the reasoning behind these.
∙ The final programme documentation should include:
o an assurance that there is sufficient flexibility within the overall capital programme to allow the project to switch to a conventional procurement route if it is not VFM as a PFI (no project should proceed as a PFI if it is not VFM);
o an assurance that the project team has/will have the skills and resources to deliver the programme; and
o an affordability calculation and the commitment that the specification falls within this envelope.
• A table setting out the programme with timetables.