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news
in brief
AN INVESTMENT of £655m will be made
between 2009-2011 to enable
1.55million young people to stay on in
education and training this September,
according to the DCSF. The
announcement addresses concerns
expressed by school and college
leaders that their financial allocations
will need to fund the recent
unanticipated surge in numbers of young
people wanting to continue learning.
THE NATIONAL Audit Office has stated
that to deliver the BSF programme by
2023, 200 schools must be in
construction by 2011. Despite delays,
PfS says its detailed planning
confirms it will “significantly” exceed
this, with 300 schools in construction
by 2011, most of which are already
under contract.
DESPITE much talk of consultation,
pupils and teachers are being given
“little opportunity to shape rebuilds or
refurbishments” undertaken as part of
the schools programme, according to a
study by academics at Coventry,
Leicester, Northampton and Keele
universities, it was reported in the
Times Educational Supplement.
New framework operational by year end
TWENTY-TWO companies
(1)
have been making it onto a single shortlist.
shortlisted for the £4 billion framework
to procure the design and build of Flow of work
Academies and other educational Tim Byles, ceo of Partnerships for
facilities in local authorities. Schools, said: “The interest in the new
The new Contractors’ Framework, to be Contractors' Framework from large and
operational by the end the year, offers medium-sized companies across the
opportunities for up to 24 main providers country demonstrates how all sectors of
and their supply chains. While procured on the construction industry see this as a
a national basis, the Contractors' great opportunity, particularly at a time
Framework will have two discrete when conditions are challenging. With
geographical areas. The first area will be over 127 Academies being delivered
made up of the Northwest, the through BSF currently, with over 100
Northeast, Yorkshire and The Humber, the more in the pipeline, the new Framework
East Midlands and the West Midlands; the will enable contractors and suppliers
second will be made up of East of from across the country to get involved
England, the Southwest, the Southeast in a scheme that has a predictable flow
and London. Up to 12 contractors will be of work, supported by direct grant
appointed for each of the two areas, with Government funding.
bidders able to express an interest in one The successful contractors and their
or both. supply chains are expected to be in place
Pre Qualification Questionnaires were and bidding for work from
submitted by 57 companies, from which November/December 2009 onwards. The
18 have been shortlisted to continue with new framework will operate in tandem
Invitation to Tender process for the with the initial Academies Framework,
North and Midlands contract, and 18 for which will continue to operate until
the London and South. Fourteen December 2010.
companies have been shortlisted for both
Tim Byles: Great opportunity for construction
geographical areas, with eight companies (1) www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk industry.
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