The Framework Agreement covers the provision of specialist support to NHS organisations to make savings from operational PFI contracts.

The support required by the external PFI advisers may vary between projects. The services to be offered will depend on the contractual history context of each NHS Organisation and will include; Compliance check — independent desktop review of project documentation and non-technical contract compliance; Contract management review — independent evaluation of the contract management arrangements (including governance, systems and controls, resourcing, knowledge management) and recommending improvements; PFI savings review — detailed analysis of the PFI contract documents and financial model to identify and quantify savings; stakeholder workshops to prioritise these and delivery of a high level implementation plan; Implementation support — provide additional commercial capability to the client organisation, including support in negotiating and documenting the savings; and commercial support on specific contract issues, such as benchmarking, dispute resolution, insurance premium risk sharing, refinancing.

The tasks listed above are not intended to be exhaustive.