PFI Advisers - Conflict of Interest
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Which companies have advised the LA on PFI projects and contracts from inception, through procurement, to financial close, during construction and operation on issues relating to structural, legal, financial, governance, audit and performance review. Please provide that information by each PFI scheme, providing the HMT unique reference number.
Please provide documentation demonstrating how the Local Authority selected the advisers referred to above? Please provide any internal or external process documents (for e.g from HM Treasury/ Partnerships UK) in relation to the selection, a copy of invitations to tender and tender documents.
Please provide documents demonstrating how the local authority, as part of that selection, ensured that LA auditors and lawyers, accountants and business consultants referred to above are not conflicted in any way with any of the organisations involved previously or currently with your PFI project(s). This could include documents, statements and correspondence between the local authority and its auditors relating to any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest.
Please provide all policies/protocols or any other documentation which demonstrate how the LA ensure that auditors and consultants continue to be free of conflicts of interest.
Yours faithfully,
Roddy Ingles
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Dear Mr Ingles
Freedom of Information request
Thank you for your e-mail in which you have requested information
regarding PFI Contracts.
Could you please clarify in greater detail exactly the information you are
requesting. Specifically, which PFI contracts you are interested in.
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