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ARTICLE · 13 APRIL 2011

"Flawed" Process To Blame For Mod Procurement Problems

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With the MoD under criticism in September for its handling of a £10b aircraft programme, Partner Nick Maltby gives an insight into the challenges they faced, and lessons that can be learned

United KingdomGovernment, Public Sector
Nick Maltby
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With the MoD under criticism in September for its handling of a £10b aircraft programme, Partner Nick Maltby gives an insight into the challenges they faced, and lessons that can be learned.

Handling of the project was condemned in a scathing report by a Commons committee but Nick said: "What seems to have been lost in this review is that the MoD has been at the cutting edge of PFI for a long time and they're usually trying to do things for which there is no precedent, carrying out projects which are completely novel.

"In my experience, the MoD has one of the most efficient PFI teams in government."

He added: "There have been questions about whether this was the right procurement method for this project but PFI has for a long time been the government's only game in town , so there was no real alternative.

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