Nick Maltby, Head of Projects (Commercial), Bircham Dyson Bell:

It seems we are all (still) looking for new models for PPP. HM Treasury in “
Infrastructure Procurement: delivering long term value” (March 2008) stated that it wished to encourage a dialogue around alternative models. Before the General Election in 2010 the Conservatives stated repeatedly that “
Labour’s PFI model is flawed and must be replaced,” (George Osborne, Observer, November 2009).
After what seems to have been an interminable wait we finally (1 December 2011) have HM Treasury’s “Reform of the Private Finance Initiative“, which sets out 44 questions as part of a consultation on what the new model should look like.
In this post, I look at what the government is seeking to do and what models exist that may enable it to achieve its goals.
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