§ Lord Burlisonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether a preferred bidder has been selected for the provision of water and waste water services to MoD sites within the north and east of England. [HL5490]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)We are pleased to inform the House that the C2C consortium has today been announced as the preferred bidder for the second of three contracts for the provision of water and waste water services to Ministry of Defence sites in the north and east of England.
Project Aquatrine is one of the Government's leading and most significant public/private partnership (PPP) projects and will transfer the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the department's water and waste water assets and infrastructure throughout Great Britain to private sector providers. This project will enable the transfer of environment risk to those in the private sector who are best placed to manage it.
This contract is expected to go live in September 2004 following a pre-commencement period.