£3.1bn prison PFI plan leaves framework firms in lurch

摘要

The construction of five 1,500-place jails will not be procured through the Ministry of Justice's £2.3bn prisons framework.rnThe prisons will instead be tendered individually using the PFI despite recent difficulties funding these projects. The move has added to industry fears that the public sector is increasingly willing to procure large projects "out of framework" to takernadvantage of the buyer's market for construction services.