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Code of conduct for operational PFI/PPP contracts

The code sets out the basis on which public sector bodies and their PPP partners agree to identify and make savings in operational PFI and PPP contracts.

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PFI/PPP code of conduct

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The government has announced that it will no longer use PF2, the current model of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) for new government projects. Existing PFI and PF2 contracts will not end because of this announcement.

The voluntary code of conduct sets out the basis on which public and private sector partners agree to work together to make savings in operational Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts. The code applies to all PPP that signatories are parties to, such as Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts, PF2 and other variants of PPP contracts.

The code sets out commitments from both public and private sector parties on constructive engagement, flexibility and improving operational efficiency. These commitments will support an overall improvement in contract management relationships and behaviours and the creation of a more effective working environment between customers and suppliers. This will help the public and private sectors work together on existing contracts for schools, hospitals and many other public infrastructure projects.

The launch of the code forms part of the government’s wider work on reducing the cost of PFI deals under the Operational Savings programme, which has already achieved savings of over £1.5 billion. It has been developed with the support and engagement of relevant trade bodies and a cross-section of lenders, investors, construction contractors and facilities management providers. All parties to PPP contracts should be able to sign up to these commitments which reflect best practice in the sector.

To sign up to the code please contact osp@hmtreasury.gsi.gov.uk

List of signatories

Avantage (Cheshire) Limited

Academy Services (Norwich) Limited

Academy Services (Oldham) Limited

Academy Services (Sheffield) Limited

Amber Infrastructure

Amey

Anchor

Arden Partnership (Derby) Limited

Arden Partnership (Leicester) Limited

Arden Partnership (Lincolnshire) Limited

ASK (Greenwich) Limited

Aviation Training International Limited

Aviva Commercial Finance

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Avon Fire & Rescue Service

Balfour Beatty Investments

BAM PPP UK Ltd

BAM PPP – Bromsgrove Schools SPV Limited

BAM PPP – Camden BSF SPV Limited

BAM PPP – Camden School Projects Limited

BAM PPP – Cheshire SPV Limited

BAM PPP – Cumnock SPV Limited

BAM PPP – Derby SPV Limited

BAM PPP – Futures for Somerset Limited

BAM PPP – Peacehaven Schools Limited

BAM PPP – Solihull BSF Schools Limited

BAM PPP – Somerset Schools 1 Limited

BAM PPP – West Dunbartonshire Schools Limited

BAM PPP – Wharfedale SPV Limited

Barclays Bank PLC

Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited (BIFM)

Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley SPV One Limited

Barnsley SPV Two Limited

Barnsley SPV Three Limited

Barts Health NHS Trust

Bellrock Property and Facilities Management

Bilfinger PPP Facility Management Ltd

Birmingham City Council

Blue3 (Gloucestershire Fire) Limited

Bootle Accommodation Partnership Limited

Bouygues (U.K.) Limited

Bouygues Energies & Services

Brentwood Healthcare Partnership Limited

Bridgend Custodial Services Ltd

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Bury, Tameside and Glossop CS (1) Limited

Bury, Tameside and Glossop CS (2) Limited

Bury, Tameside and Glossop (Developments) Limited

Cabinet Office

Cambridgeshire County Council

Canmore Partnership Limited

Carillion Private Finance Ltd

Central Blackpool PCC Limited

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cheshire East Council

Cheshire West and Chester

Children’s Ark Partnerships Limited

CIPFA

Cofely UK

Community Health Partnerships Ltd

Co-operative Bank plc

Cornwall Council

Costain Group PLC

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Coventry City Council

Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Education

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for International Development

Department for Transport

Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Department of Health

Derbyshire Constabulary – The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire

DIF Management UK Limited

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service

Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Dyfed Powys Police

Ealing Schools Partnerships Limited

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

East Sussex County Council

Education Support (Enfield 2) Limited

Education Support (Enfield) Limited

Ensign Highways Ltd

Equitix Group

Eric Wright Group Limited

Essex County Council

Falcon Support Services Limited

FES FM Limited

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreland Shipping Ltd

Forth Holdings Limited

G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited

G4S Facilities Management (UK) Limited

G4S Integrated Services (UK) Limited (Cheltenham contract only)

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited

Galliford Try plc

Gateshead Council

gbpartnerships

Giles Insurance Brokers Limited

Gloucestershire Constabulary

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

GRT Nottingham LIFT Project Company (No 1) Limited

GRT Nottingham LIFT Project Company (No 2) Limited

Hadfield Healthcare Partnerships Limited

Hampshire County Council

HCP

HDM Schools Solutions Limited

Health and Safety Executive

Hertfordshire County Council

HM Revenue & Customs

HM Treasury

HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions (UK) Ltd

Home Office

HSBC Bank plc

HSTF

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Information Resources (Bournemouth) Limited

InfraRed Capital Partners

Innisfree

Interserve

Island Roads Services Ltd

ISS Mediclean Limited

JLIF

John Laing Investments Ltd and subsidiaries

Kajima Darlington Schools Limited

Kajima Haverstock Limited

Kajima Newcastle Libraries Limited

Kajima North Tyneside Limited

Kajima Partnerships Limited

Kelda Water Services Limited

Kent and East Sussex Weald Hospital Limited

Kent County Council

Kier Construction Central

Kier Project Investment

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kirklees Council

Kirklees Schools Services Limited

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Laing O’Rourke

Lancashire Combined Fire Authority

Lancashire County Council

Leeds City Council

Leicester LIFT Project Company (No 1) Limited

Leicester LIFT Project Company (No 2) Limited

Lend Lease Facilities Management (EMEA) Ltd

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lloyds Banking Group plc

Local Government Association

Local Partnerships

London Borough of Barnet

London Borough of Bexley

London Borough of Brent

London Borough of Camden

London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Lewisham

London Borough of Merton

London Borough of Newham

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

London Borough of Waltham Forest

London Fire Brigade

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Manchester City Council

Manchester, Salford and Trafford LIFT Project Company (No 1) Limited

Manchester, Salford and Trafford LIFT Project Company (No 2) Limited

Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority

Miller Construction (UK) Limited

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Justice

MITIE Group PLC

Morgan Sindall Investments Limited

Nationwide Building Society

Newham Learning Partnership (Project Co) Ltd

NHS Property Services Ltd

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (London Branch)

Norfolk County Council

North Bristol NHS Trust

North Nottinghamshire LIFT Project Company (No 1) Limited

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

Northumberland Fire & Rescue Service

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire County Council

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Greater Manchester

Office of the Police Commissioner for Gloucestershire

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

P2G LLP

Pario Limited

Pendleton Together Operating Company

Pinnacle Regeneration Group Ltd

Plymouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council

Road Link (A69) Ltd

Rochdale Borough Council

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Salford City Council

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Sandwell LIFT Project Company (No 1) Limited

Sandwell LIFT Project Company (No 2) Limited

Sandwell LIFT Project Company (No 3) Limited

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Semperian PPP Investment Partners

Serco Limited

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Silbury Housing Ltd

Sir Robert McAlpine Capital Ventures Limited

Sir Robert McAlpine Limited

Skanska Infrastructure Investment UK Ltd

Slough Borough Council

SMBCE: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited

Sodexo

South Tyne and Wear Waste Management Partnership

South Tyneside Council

Southampton City Council

Southern Derbyshire LIFT Project Company (No 1) Limited

Southern Derbyshire LIFT Project Company (No 2) Limited

St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

Staffordshire County Council

Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Stoke on Trent City Council

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Sunderland City Council

Surrey County Council

Sussex Police

Swindon Borough Council

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Telereal Trillium

Telford & Wrekin Council

Thames Valley Housing Association Ltd

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

The Land Group Ltd

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley

The Riverside Group

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

UK Court Services (Manchester) Limited

University College London Hospitals

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust

Walsall Council

Whittington Hospitals NHS Trust

Wiltshire Council

Woking Borough Council

Wolverhampton City Council

Wooldale Partnerships Limited

Published 5 July 2013
Last updated 24 February 2021 + show all updates
  1. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust added

  2. Updated with announcement: 'The government has announced that it will no longer use PF2, the current model of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) for new government projects. Existing PFI and PF2 contracts will not end because of this announcement'.

  3. Updated list with Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

  4. updated to include new signatories Advantage and The Riverside Group

  5. Updated list of code signatories

  6. Updated to include latest signatory, Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation

  7. Health and Safety Executive added

  8. New signatory added

  9. added Cheshire East Council and Sussex Police to list of signatories

  10. Added 3 new signatories

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  13. Two new signatories added to the list

  14. Added new signatories Avon Fire & Rescue Service and East Riding of Yorkshire Council

  15. Updated to include latest signatories

  16. New signatories added

  17. added Bridgend Custodial Services Ltd, Kent and East Sussex Weald Hospital Limited and Walsall Council to list of signatories

  18. list of signatories updated

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  20. added new signatories

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  26. added several new signatories

  27. added Barts Health NHS Trust, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority, Lancashire Combined Fire Authority,

  28. added Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

  29. added new signatories

  30. added 2 new signatories

  31. List of signatories updated

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  34. added new signatories

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  37. added Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

  38. added more countersignatories

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  40. First published.

  41. added signatories

  42. Added InfraRed Capital Partners