Constructing Excellence worked with the Cabinet Office from 2011 to monitor and report on trials of three modern models of procurement designed to deliver the Government Construction Strategy’s target 15-20% reduction in capital costs through collaborative approaches:
- Cost Led Procurement
- Integrated Project Insurance
- Two Stage Open Book
Guidance on the the models is available below. Once a project was accepted onto the programme, we appointed a mentor and an academic, and monitoring followed a well-established process adopted in our Innovation in Practice and previous demonstrations programmes developed over 15 years.
Projects that applied for Trial Project status were reviewed by a Trial Projects Group comprising industry, client and government representatives. Once accepted onto the programme, the project mentor and academic met regularly with the project team to gather qualitative and quantitative information using agreed templates and face to face discussions.
Project case studies were published at interim stages of the project and on completion, and we continue (as of end 2018) to monitor some projects for project outcomes. Findings to date indicate that these approaches are delivering 10-20% improvements in value for money. For in-depth information on the projects in the programme, please see the project case studies and annual reports listed below.
Trial Projects Annual Reports
New Models of Construction Procurement – Annual Report Jan 2019
Trial Projects Working Group final report 2017
Trial Projects Guidance
Integrated Project Insurance
Cost Led Procurement
Two Stage Open Book
Trial Project Case Studies
Interim and final case studies were produced wherever possible. All published case studies are available below by year of publication.
2021
| Trial project | New model of procurement | Cost saving |
|---|---|---|
| Dudley College IOTT | Integrated Project Insurance |
2018
| Trial project | New model of procurement | Cost saving |
|---|---|---|
| Dudley College | Integrated Project Insurance | 6.5% |
2016
| Trial project | New model of procurement | Cost saving |
|---|---|---|
| Dudley College | Integrated Project Insurance | 15-20% |
2015
| Trial project | New model of procurement | Cost saving |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor Property | Cost Led Procurement | 9% |
| Dudley Advance II | Integrated Project Insurance | 15-20% |
| Project Horizon Update | Two Stage Open Book | 12-15% |
| New Prison North Wales | Two Stage Open Book | 26% |
| Connect Plus Sustainable Business Culture Model | Two Stage Open Book with particular focus on the Intelligent Client |
8% |
2014
| Trial project | New model of procurement | Cost saving |
|---|---|---|
| RM Lympstone | Integrated Project Insurance | 15-20% |
| Cookham Wood | Two Stage Open Book under PPC2000 | 20% |
| Archbishop Beck | Two Stage Open Book | 20% |
| New Prison North Wales | Two Stage Open Book | 26% |
| Project Horizon | Two Stage Open Book under TPC2005 | 17.4% |
| Property Services Cluster – iESE | Two Stage Open Book | 14% |
| Supply Chain Management Group (SCMG) | Two Stage Open Book under PPC2000 | 14% |
2013
| Trial project | New model of procurement | Cost saving |
|---|---|---|
| Rye Harbour | Cost Led Procurement | 6% |
| Circle Housing | Two Stage Open Book | 15% |
| Upper Mole | Cost Led Procurement | 15% |
For more information on the Trial Projects, please visit the Government website
Link to Cabinet Office New Models of Procurement:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/new-models-of-construction-procurement
Link to Cabinet Office Trial Project case studies:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-construction#procurement-trial-case-studies
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