The government's troubled £2.9bn flagship consultancy framework has been restructured for a second time in three months, despite control of the tendering process being brought in house by the government when it suffered huge delays. The restructure of the Project Management and Full Design Team Services framework lots follows October's announcement that the framework was to be delayed again and not awarded until May 2016 -almost three years later than originally intended. Public sector buying arm Crown Commercial Service (CCS) took over management of the framework in November 2014, after its procurement partner UK SBS cancelled the previous 15-month procurement process following a High Court challenge by then-failed bidder Turner & Townsend, and sharp criticism from firms that missed out on places.
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