Annex C - Sources of Information and Advice on PFI

1. TREASURY TASKFORCE PUBLICATIONS

Series (i) Generic Guidance

• Standardisation of PFI Contracts (July 1999)
• Standardisation of PFI Contracts – Information Technology (consultation draft 1 July 1999)
• Step by Step Guide to the PFI Procurement Process (Revised April 1998)
• Private Finance and IT: A Practical Guide (March 1998)
• Partnerships for Prosperity (Nov 1997) [Replaces "Private Opportunity, Public Benefit" as the current PFI handbook]
• Taking Forward PFI in Local Government (30 September 1997) - [1 page Taskforce statement]

Series (ii) Policy Statements

• Treasury Taskforce Policy Statement No1 - "PFI and Public Expenditure Allocations" (Oct 1997)
• Policy Statement No.2 - "Public Sector Comparators and Value for Money" (March 1998)
• Policy Statement No.3 - "PFI and Public Expenditure Allocations for NDPBs" (August 1998)
• Policy Statement No.4 - "PFI Projects: Disclosure of Information and Consultation with Staff and Other Interested Parties" (October 1998)

Series (iii) Technical Notes

• Treasury Taskforce PFI Technical Note No1 – Revised Guidance "How to account for PFI Transactions" (June 1999)
• Treasury Taskforce PFI Technical Note No 2 - "How to follow EC Procurement Procedure and Advertise in the OJEC" (May 1998)
• Treasury Taskforce PFI Technical Note No 3 - "How to Appoint and Manage Advisers to PFI Projects" (August 1998)
• Treasury Taskforce PFI Technical Note No 4 - "How to Appoint and Work with a Preferred Bidder" (July 1999)

Series (iv) Case Studies

• Colfox School, Dorset - A Case Study on the First DBFO School Project (March 1998)
• Private Finance and IS/IT: Case Study - TAFMIS...and after (March 1998)
• Lewisham Extension to Docklands Light Railway
• Lowdham Grange Prison Services

The Taskforce has also issued the following Press Releases:-

• Robinson Re-Invigorates the PFI - HMT Press Release 69/97 23, June1997 [refers to Bates’ recommendations]
• City Heavyweight to Head Treasury’s PFI Taskforce - HMT Press Release 82/97 14 July 1997
• Top Notch Taskforce to Reinvigorate PFI - HMT Press Release 111/97 22 September 1997 [gives details of the members of the Taskforce project team]
• Recommendations to Reinvigorate PFI - September deadlines are met - HMT Press Release 115/97 30 Sept 1997 [gives details of 4 Bates’ recommendations requiring action by 30 September]

• Partnerships for Prosperity - A new Framework for the PFI - HMT Press Release 132/97 4 Nov 1997 [announces launch of new introductory guide to the PFI]
• Treasury Taskforce Seeks Partnerships for Training - HMT Press Release 158/97 10 December 1997
• PFI Conference Programme Launched – HMT Press Release 167/97 22 December 1997 [gives details of a public-private partnership for a programme of PFI conferences]
• Significant Projects List Launched - HMT Press Release 17/98 10 February 1998
• Taskforce PFI Training Programme Launched - HMT Press Release 60/98 24 April 1998
• More Local Government PFI Projects get Green Light - 24 June 1998
• Geoffrey Robinson Welcomes Accounting Clarification of PFI - HMT Press Release 146/98 - 10 September 1998
• Standardisation of Templates Pave the Way for New Era in PFI Deals - HMT Press Release 157/98 - 25 September 1998
• Geoffrey Robinson Calls on PFI Bidders to Work with Trade Unions - HMT Press Release 170/98 21 October 1998
• Geoffrey Robinson Unveils Second Significant Projects List - HMT Press Release 171/98 21 October 1998.
• Geoffrey Robinson Announces Second Review for the Private Finance Initiative - HMT Press Release 187/98 12 November 1998
• More PFI Schemes Get Go-ahead – DETR Press Release 1038/98 3 December 1998
• New Steps to Drive Forward PFI and PPPs – Alan Milburn – HMT Press Release 23/99 2 February 1999.
• More Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deals expected as clarity of accounting standards is resolved – Alan Milburn – HMT Press Release 103/99, 24 June 1999
• Treasury Taskforce Launches Information Technology Guidance for PFI Projects – HMT Press Release 112/99 2 July 1999
• Treasury Taskforce PFI Standard Contract Guidance Launched – HMT Press Release 118/99 14 July 1999
• Shake-Up for PFI and Government Procurement Plans will Save up to £1 Billion – HMT Press Release 124/99 22 July 1999

Contacts

Private Finance Unit
0131 244 7500

or

Public Enquiries Unit
HMT
0171 270 4558/4860/4870

* Some of these publications carry a charge, which should be checked at the time of application. They are, however, generally available free of charge to public sector bodies.

2. OTHER PUBLISHED INFORMATION

Scottish Office/ Executive PFI Publications

• Public Services and Private Finance: A Partnership for Scotland: background to the PFI’s implementation in Scotland, summary of guidance and contacts (1996)
• Risk Transfer and Value for Money in the PFI (1996)
• The Potential Contribution of the PFI to Schools Projects in Scotland (1996)
• PFI Financing Issues (1996)
• Loan Charges: Level Playing Field for the Private Finance Initiative; Finance Circular 16/1997 [26 November 1997]
• Planning Advice Note 55: The Private Finance Initiative and the Planning Process (February 1999)
• Press Release – Improved Public Private Partnerships will deliver modern public services – Jack McConnell – News Release 1321/99 24 June 1999

Contact:

The Scottish Executive Private Finance Unit
0131 244 7500

Private Finance Panel/HM Treasury Publications*

• Private Finance and IS/IT Case Study - The IND caseworking programme (Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate)
• Office Systems Infrastructure Review and Implementation Strategy for the Welsh Office (OSIRIS) (1996)
• Transferability of Equity (1996)
• Writing an Output Specification (1996)
• PFI in Government Accommodation (1996) [includes guidance on EC procurement procedures]
• Basic Contractual Terms (1996)
• Report on the procurement of custodial services for the DCMF Prisons at Bridgend and Fazakerley (1996)
• Further Contractual Issues (1997)
• DBFO: Value in roads - a case study on the first eight DBFO roads contracts (1997)
• VAT on PFI Service Payments (1997)

Contact:

Private Finance Unit
0131 244 7500

Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) Publications*

• PFI for Government IS/IT: (1994)
• PFI and Government IS/IT: Evaluation (1996)
• PFI and Government IS/IT: Business Case & Procurement Briefing (1995)
• PFI and Government IS/IT: RISK (1995).
• Report on the NIRS2 Procurement (1995)
• PFI and IS/IT: OSIRIS (1996)
• PFI and IS/IT: The Ind Caseworking Programme (1996)
• Total Acquisition Process Services Guide (1995)
• Total Acquisition Process Systems Guide (1995)
• Market Testing Briefing: IS/IT at Risk? (1994)
• Evaluation of IS/IT Services (1993)
• IS Guide B7: Evaluation (1989)

Contact:

CCTA
01603 704567

* Some of these publications carry a charge, which should be checked at the time of application. They are, however, generally available free of charge to public sector bodies.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Publications

• The PFI and Local Authorities: An Explanatory Note (Updated September 1998) [guidance applicable to the system of local government in England and Wales]
• Energy Services for the Public Sector: A Working Guide (1997) [guidance on contracting with the private sector for energy services]
• Green Light for More Local Government PFI Projects (DETR News Release ENV/0091 10 February 1998
• More PFI Schemes Get Go Ahead (DETR News Release 1038 3 December 1998)

Contact:

Nicola Ware:
0171 890 5015

Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps) Unit for England and Wales

• Options Appraisal and the Outline Business Case
• A Guide to the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 - A Practical Guide to the Provisions and their Effect.
• Harrow Case Study
• Guide to the documentation comprising Harrow LBC IT PFI deal.
• Harrow LBC Documentation Guide to the documentation
• Comprising Dorset County Council for Colfox School Documentation
• Dorset County Council for Colfox School Documentation on Disc
• 4Ps Report 1998
• PFI and Social Housing
• Lambeth Case Study
• Butterworths Local Authority Companies and Partnerships

Contact:

4Ps Executive
0171 664 3145

3. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE

The Scottish Executive:

Private Finance Unit
The Scottish Executive
3-C23 Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ

Fax: 0131 244 7499

Unit Head
John Henderson: 0131 244 7497
Deputy Head
Stephen Woodhouse: 0131 244 7501
Contact
Gita Jackson: 0131 244 7873
Enquiries
Fiona McLellan : 0131 244 7500

The Unit is the ‘first stop’ source of advice and data on the PFI in relation to programmes managed directly by The Scottish Executive, its agencies and other public bodies, and on the use of PFI by local authorities.

Guidance specific to the use of PFI in the health sector is available from:

NHS in Scotland
Private Finance and Capital Unit
Room 357A St Andrew’s House
Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Fax: 0131 244 3993
Contact:- Ross Scott: 0131 244 2076

Other Scottish Executive contacts are:

Energy Efficiency
Contact - Allan Mackie: 0131 244 7130

Enterprise networks
Contact – Micahel Lowndes: 0131 244 7577

Fire Service
Contact - Bill Giles: 0131 244 2163

Further education
Contact - Riona Bell: 0131 244 0265

Higher education
Contact - David Ferguson: 0131 244 0385

Housing
Contact - Douglas Hamilton: 0131 244 5570

Local government finance
Contact - Frank Duffy: 0131 244 7054

Local government projects
Contact
Private Finance Unit: 0131 244 7500
or COSLA 4Ps Unit: 0131 474 9232

Police
Contact - Bill Hepburn: 0131 244 2143

Schools
Contact - Graeme Stuart: 0131 244 0944

Scottish Executive IT Systems
Contact - 0131 244 5749

Transport (excluding roads)
Contact - John Dowie: 0131 244 0840

Trunk roads
Contact - Vacant: 0131 244 7275

Water and sewerage
Contact - James Hynd: 0131 244 0258

Specialist advice is also available from The Scottish Executive to public bodies in the following areas (although organisations linked to The Scottish Executive should contact their sponsoring divisions in the first instance):

Economic advice and statistics
Contact – Charles Stewart Roper : 0131 244 0876

Estate services
Contact - Anthony Andrew: 0131 244 7943

Planning
Contact – Alan Cameron: 0131 244 7065

Purchasing and procurement
Contact - Barry Graham: 0131 244 3522

HM Treasury Taskforce

Chief Executive Projects

Adrian Montague
Chief Executive Projects
Room 22/G
Parliament Street
LONDON
SW1P 3AG

Tel: 0171 270 4701
Fax: 0171 270 5760

Head of Private Finance Policy Team

Tim Wilson
Room 20/G
Parliament Street
LONDON SW1P 3AG

Tel: 0171 270 4702
Fax: 0171 389 9739

Policy Helpdesk

Peter Stanton-Ife
Room 19/G
Parliament Street
LONDON
SW1P 3AG

Tel: 0171 270 5527
Fax: 0171 389 9739

IT Issues

Scottish contact
Andy Carty: 0171 238 4756

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)

PFI Contact:-

Dawn Burrows
Rosebery House
9 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5XZ

Phone: 0131 474 9232
Fax: 0131 474 9292

COSLA provides information and advice to Scottish local authorities on issues relating to public/private partnerships and the PFI, and helps Scottish Councils to identify and initiate PFI projects.

Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps) Unit for England & Wales

35 Great Smith Street
Westminster
London SW1P 3BJ

Chief Executive
Peter Fanning: 0171 664 3144

Enquiries
Dominique Shaw: 0171 664 3145
Fax: 0171 664 3178

The Unit was established by the local authority associations in England and Wales as a source of independent advice and assistance for local authorities in progressing PFI and other public/private partnership schemes.

4.NEWS & COMMENT

• The PFI Journal [£250 pa*. Circulation contact: 0161 476 3333/Fax 0161 292 3016]

• Government Opportunities [£180 p.a. UK source of Government service contracts. Main monthly issue contains contract notices, contract awards, articles and information pertaining to Private Finance, Best Value and all areas of Government Procurement. Weekly contract notice supplements available in paper or disk format.]
  For further information contact:
  Government Opportunities
  BiP Ltd
  15 Woodlands Terrace
  Glasgow G3 6DF
  Tel: 0141 332 8247
  Fax: 0141 332 2792/2652
  E-mail:bip@bipcontracts.com
  Web site:www.bipcontracts.com

• New Civil Engineer Magazine [£98 pa Subscription contact: 0171 505 6619]

• The PFI Report [£445 p.a. Subscription contact: 0171 292 3713]

• PFI Intelligence Bulletin [£425 pa. Subscription contact: 0171 827 6110]*

The Journal is available free of charge to all public sector bodies.

+ The prices of these publications may alter over time, and there may be special rates available in some instances. Please check on application.

5.INTERNET WEB SITES

Treasury

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk

Contains details of Treasury Taskforce publications / Press Releases etc

Treasury’s Private Finance Taskforce

http://www.hm-treasury-projects-taskforce.gov.uk

Central IT Unit

http://www.open.gov.uk/citu/pfi/pfihome/htm

Includes summaries of IT PFI contracts and a list of PFI publications.

The Scottish Executive

http://www.scotland.gov.uk

6. OTHER SCOTTISH PUBLIC BODIES

Enquiries about the PFI in relation to the activities of specific public sector bodies may also be addressed to the relevant organisations themselves. Examples include:

Forestry Commission

Contact - Edward Arthurs: 0131 334 0303

Historic Scotland

Contact - Leslie Wilson: 0131 668 8874

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Contact - Bill Wheeler: 01786 459516

Scottish Courts Administration

Contact - David Stewart: 0131 221 6817

Scottish Court Service

Contact - Nicola Bennett: 0131 221 6849

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency

Contact - John Roddin: 0131 244 6265

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)

Contact - Martin Kirkwood: 0131 313 6583

Scottish Homes

Contact - John Breslin: 0131 313 0044

Scottish Prison Service

Contact - Christine Carlin: 0131 244 8477