PFI
PFI
The majority of our accommodation programme is funded by PFI, so we are undergoing procurement for a bidder to construct and maintain buildings for 25 years.
Timetable
| Home Office approval | March 2010(The programme was also endorsed by the new government in June 2010) | Complete |
| OJEU notice issued to the market | 17 June 2010 | Complete |
| Pre-qualification questionnaires returned | 28 July 2010 | Complete |
| Issue 'Invitation to Submit Outline Solutions' | August 2010 | Complete |
| Invitation to Submit Detailed Solutions | 22 November 2010 |
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| Issue 'Invitation to Submit Detailed Solutions' stage two | End April 2011 |
Three bidders reduced to two:
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| Public consultation on all sites | October/November 2011 | Complete |
| Preferred bidder announced | January 2012 | Blue Light Partnership (www.bluelightpartnership.co.uk) |
| Detailed planning applications submitted | January 2012 | |
| Construction phase | 2012-2013 | |
| Opening of first facility | Early 2014 |
