Paul Corfield wrote:

And not forgetting the resources needed to undertake the retendering
process [1]. I also don't see Cubic walking away from London given the
scale of equipment they have in place. They will also be spending time
and money to try to win the replacement contract (or at least a
significant role in any consortia that might put itself forward to bid).

[1] it was a very significant task the first time round and the
situation now is more complex in terms of stakeholders / participants
and also the divergent options around the way the technology will
develop. London Buses' view of on bus systems would suggest they'd want
to walk away from ticket machines being supplied by a future "Prestige"
consortia.


Just as a matter of interest, I believe Boris Johnson's Director of
Transport Policy, Kulveer Ranger, was involved in negotiating the PFI
contract first time round (because he told the London Assembly Transport
Committee, actually). Whose side was he on? In fact, what did he
actually do, he'd have been very young to take a major responsibility at
the time (he's younger than me, at 32 or 33)?

Tom