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DAO 02/14 early termination of contracts

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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.

DAOs supplement guidance is published in Managing Public Money.

Published 24 October 2014
Last updated 28 November 2018 + show all updates
  1. 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'.

  2. First published.