about the
local education
partnership
BSF is being delivered by a new type of Public Private Partnership (PPP) known as a Local Education Partnership (LEP) in which a Private Sector Partner (PSP) invests alongside the public sector. This LEP delivers and operates the initial schools projects and then develops new school projects.
In Bristol, the country’s first LEP was established in 2006 as a partnership between Skanska, Bristol City Council and Partnerships for Schools, the government’s BSF delivery body. The Bristol LEP is managing the finance, design, construction of the new schools and will operate them for a 25-year period for the benefit of the students and communities they serve.
The LEP has also managed the integration of ICT into the design of these buildings to enable the children to benefit from the vast array of information and resources available to support their learning.
Skanska is investing through Skanska Infrastructure Development, the Skanska unit for investments in social infrastructure, and is providing construction and facilities management services alongside the key partners listed below. Specialist PFI fund, Investors in the Community Fund 2 LP (managed by Land Securities Trillium), and Building Schools for the Future Investments LLP are co-investors in the initial four schools. Senior Debt funding is provided through Barclays Bank and SMBC.
Service partners for the four initial schools are:
- Architect – Wilkinson Eyre Architects
- Building services designers – Buro Happold
- Investment & development – Skanska ID
- Construction – Skanska
- Maintenance, security and catering – Skanska
- ICT Managed Service – Northgate Information Solutions
- Management of leisure facilities – Skanska .
