Short-list bidders announced for Partnerships for Schools national framework for Academies

Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has announced the successful short-listed bidding companies who will be included in the PfS national framework for Academies.

The framework will deliver Academies, one school offers and other educational facilities on behalf of local authorities that are not yet engaged with the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

The list includes Alfred AcAlpine, Amec, Balfour Beatty, Carillion, EC Harris, HBG, Interserve, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Mace, Skanska, Taylor Woodrow, Vinci (trading as Norwest Holst) and Willmott Dixon.

Colin Howell, programme director promised that the short-listing process will now move forward quickly with the intention to issue tender documents to those selected within the next three weeks.