Cabinet Office trial projects2 March, 2019 by Constructing Excellence

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