No Going Back - Complex procurement beyond PFI

With the implementation of IFRS, PFI is being compared more carefully to other procurement strategies. PFI's rigorous risk identification and more certain outcomes mean it should still play a role. For unvarying, predictable projects, where risk can be taken by contractors, it will remain a key procurement approach.

For more challenging and complex procurements, there is now a range of alternative strategies. For projects not suitable for PFI, what happens now?