Leeds council names preferred bidder on 拢250m school programme

A consortium led by support services and PFI specialist Interserve has been named preferred bidder for the 拢250m Leeds 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme.

Leeds City Council has selected the Interserve-led Environments for Learning (E4L) consortium, which also comprises Mott MacDonald and Barclays Private Equity, to undertake a programme of replacement and refurbishment of 15 secondary schools, four of them delivered through PFI.

The consortium beat Investors in the Community, a joint venture between Land Securities Trillium and Mill Group, to the deal.

The Leeds BSF scheme is the ninth so far to be awarded as part of the 拢45bn UK Department for Education and Skills initiative to rebuild all English secondary schools over the next 10-15 years.