Operational Contract Management
Supporting public bodies identify where increased value and savings can be secured
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, many essential buildings such as schools and hospitals were built in Scotland using the Public Private Partnership (PPP) revenue-funded delivery model.
As part of the PPP contract, it is the responsibility of the private sector to maintain these buildings, usually for a period of 25 years and then hand the buildings over to the public sector in good order.
With many of the early PPP projects now coming to the end of their 25-year contracts, our Operational Contract Management (OCM) Team has been working with public bodies to ensure buildings are handed over to them in good condition, including consideration of alternative approaches to lifecycle replacement during the handback process on the pathway to net zero.
Building on the positive momentum of previous years, our OCM team carries out in-depth and targeted reviews of education and health projects to identify where increased value and savings can be secured.
More recently, we have formed a collaborative working arrangement with the NHS to create a specialist team to support all NHS boards in improving PPP contract management, share best practice and drive value across the country.
Our team
Alastair Nicol
Senior Associate Director
Alastair heads up SFT’s Operational Contract Management team and provides specialist commercial and technical support to many public sector organisations as well cross-workstream technical, facilities management and commercial support within SFT.
In addition, Alastair is an alternate hub and hub DBFM company director. He has over 30 years’ experience in the built asset management environment and a proven track record in PPP/PFI/DBFM and hub.
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Donna Stevenson
Senior Associate Director
Donna has over 25 years of experience in the PPP sector ranging from advising on projects as a Partner in a law firm on deals dating back to the 1990s, to providing support to SFT’s NPD programme.
She has been supporting public bodies in the management of operational projects for over a decade.
Donna is part of the Operational Contract Management team within SFT and provides support to participants across all project types within the accommodation sector.
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Mark Pillans
Associate Director
Mark has over 20 years of experience in the PPP sector ranging from advisory roles to funders, project bidding, project delivery and, latterly, management of operational projects.
Mark is part of the Operational Contract Management team within SFT and provides support to participants across all project types within the accommodation sector.
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