Catalyst Lend Lease and Land Securities Trillium will hear on Tuesday who has won the delayed deal

A preferred bidder will be appointed to the delayed £1.2bn Birmingham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project next week, council officials have confirmed.

Catalyst Lend Lease and Land Securities Trillium are the two remaining firms vying for the deal, an announcement on which has been repeatedly put back since the spring. The winning bidder will be announced on Tuesday.

Land Securities Trillium was recently named preferred bidder on the Kent BSF project, while Catalyst is preferred bidder on a £250m BSF scheme in Lancashire.