Consultants are losing patience with the government's flagship £2.9bn consultancy framework and turning their focus to the £350m Scape consultancy framework, writes Louise Dransfield. The government's buying arm, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), delayed procurement of the £2.9bn Project Management and Full Design Team Services framework yet again last week by a further four months - pushing the overall delay to over three years. A number of consultants, speaking on condition of anonymity, expressed their "annoyance" at the latest delay, and said their attention was now on submitting bids for the Scape consultancy framework, which were due today (5 February). Building can reveal new bidders for the Scape framework include a joint venture between Faithful + Gould, Arcadis, property consultant Bilfmger GVA and accountant Grant Thornton. Mace is also understood to be entering the race for the Scape framework, although it is unclear whether or not it is bidding in joint venture.
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