Further memorandum from London First (PPP
07a)
London First is a business membership organisation
whose mission is to make London the best city in the world in
which to do business. London First delivers its activities with
the support of 300 of the capital's major businesses, representing
approximately a quarter of London's GDP, from key sectors such
as financial, professional services, property, ICT, creative industries,
hospitality and retail. We also represent the interests of all
of London's higher education institutions as well as many of the
further education colleges.
AS TRANSPORT
FOR LONDON
TAKES METRONET'S
CONTRACT IN-HOUSE,
TRANSPARENCY MUST
BE MAINTAINED
Our original submission argues that the contracts
replacing Metronet BCV and Metronet SSL must secure the forward
programme. The most important issue is outcome. Outcome here signifies
those improvements brought on by the modernisation programme that
impact on tube passengers: capacity, reliability and ambience
enhancement. The schedule of improvements set out by the original
PPP must be adhered to as closely as possible.
However, we are anxious that as Transport for
London (TfL) takes Metronet's contracts in-house, transparency
is maintained. This means that there should be an effective client-contractor
split within TfL, with transparent reporting of performance data,
in order that outcome and input performance can be properly tracked
and compared against customer priorities. As Phase 2 of the original
PPP approaches—and with it most of the planned increase
in capacity across the network—this clarity will help set
the plans for modernisation against their delivery.
November 2007
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