Capital Ambition is London's Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP) and a formal part of London Councils. It was formed in April 2008 by bringing together the London Centre of Excellence, London Connects, the Improvement and Employment Division of London Councils and London's Improvement Partnership. The role that is being out-sourced via this procurement is the Capital Ambition Programme leadership support/ facilitator/ catalyst role, operating as a ‘broker' between the private and public sectors in London. The principal task of the CA Leadership Support role is to bring together partnerships of boroughs and commercial firms in order to leverage the maximum synergy from the potential for collaborative projects between the public and private sectors in London.