As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the Isle of Wight council have plans to spend at least £500,000 this year on professional advisors in relation to the procurement of the PFI waste contract.
A Delegated Decision report has been released recommending that rather than using the internal project team to create the Outline Business Case for the project, that the appointment of technical, legal and financial advisors is approved.
The £500,000 budget for the year 2012/13 breaks down to £120k for Legal, £190k for Financial and £190k for Technical.
Same legal advisors as Highways PFI
In terms of legal services, the report states that “A specific option within the framework agreement placed for the legal support for the Highways PFI project enables the legal services for the waste project to be awarded to the same provider if considered appropriate.”
The Delegated Decision report is embedded below for your convenience.
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