Carillion JV preferred bidder for £192m BSF

25th Aug 2009 12:48

Carillion and its joint venture partners in the Local Education Partnership (LEP) have been appointed as the preferred bidder for the £192m Rochdale Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The LEP, comprising Rochdale Borough Council, Building Schools for the Future Investments LLP (BSFI) and Carillion, expects to deliver 13 new or refurbished schools in three phases over a 4-year period. Carillion expects to carry out the building and refurbishment work for which the capital cost is about £180m, with work due to start in January 2010. 'This latest success further consolidates Carillion's position as one of the UK's leading suppliers to the Government's £55bn Building Schools for the Future programme and brings the total value of the BSF projects that we have won or for which we are preferred bidder to £1.4bn, in addition to which we are shortlisted for a further three BSF projects worth some £2bn,' said chief executive John McDonough.