Carillion bags £370m Wolverhampton schools deal

29th Jan 2010 08:21

Support services and construction firm Carillion's joint venture has been appointed as preferred bidder for the £370m Wolverhampton Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.Its Local Education Partnership (LEP), which also includes Wolverhampton City Council and Building Schools for the Future Investments LLP (BSFI), will deliver 26 schools in four phases over the next four years.The first phase of four schools comprises two secondary schools and two Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools with a combined capital cost of approximately £72m. Carillion has now secured, or been appointed as the preferred bidder for, BSF contracts worth around £1.7bn.