Information about the external consultants used by the Department and its agencies in 2005-06 to advise on Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) is set out in the following table. Details of the companies with whom PFI and PPP deals themselves have been agreed are available on Partnerships UK’s (PUK) website.
Agency Consultant Nature of work Cost (£) PFI DEFRA Davis Langdon and Everest Cambridge Eastbrook PFI contract—financial advice 1,500 DEFRA Eversheds Cambridge Eastbrook PFI contract—legal advice 2,500 DEFRA Partnerships UK Nottingham County Council and Cornwall County Council Waste PFI: Commercial Negotiation Support for Standardisation of PFI Contracts 3 (SoPCS) work 191,722 DEFRA Partnerships UK Formal training of DEFRA staff: 5,604 Introduction to the Project Review Group’s (PRG) waste PFI assessment criteria DEFRA Partnerships UK Generic PFI Work: Interpretation and adaptation of HM Treasury’s generic PFI Value for Money (VfM) Stage 2 tool to the Waste PFI sector 14,666 DEFRA Jacobs UK Ltd. Generic Waste PFI: Review of Local Authority Waste Disposal Companies and their role in future procurement 759 DEFRA Partnerships UK Generic PFI Work: Interpretation and adaptation of HM Treasury’s generic PFI Value for Money (VfM) Stage 2 tool to the Waste PFI sector 2,371 DEFRA RPS Group Plc. DEFRA PFI related research on Refuse Derived Fuel 11,750 DEFRA Deloitte M C S Ltd. Review of Dorset Waste PFI Outline Business Case 16,433 DEFRA KPMG Consultancy on Waste PFI Projects 70,000 DEFRA Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd. Consultancy on Waste PFI Projects 18,019 DEFRA Jacobs UK Ltd. Generic Waste PFI: Benchmarking of Waste PFI Infrastructure management costs 28,130 DEFRA KPMG Waste PFI: Review and Financial Assessment of Cheshire County Council Waste PFI Outline Business Case 24,239 DEFRA Public Private Partnership Programme Consultancy on Waste PFI Projects 17,827 DEFRA Juniper Consultancy Services Ltd. Generic Waste PFI: Energy from Waste and the Review of Renewable Obligations Certificates: Discussion Paper 2,115 PPP British Waterways Nabarro Nathanson Gloucester Quays—Legal Advice 72,505 British Waterways Ernst and Young Gloucester Quays—Financial Advice 33,040 Environment Agency Partnerships UK Development of a commercialisation strategy. 25,000