Equitix preferred bidder on £750m BSF job

Equitix has beaten Balfour Beatty to become preferred bidder on the £750m Derbyshire County Council Building Schools for the Future scheme.

The Equitix consortium which includes Bowmer & Kirkland and GF Tomlinson, will deliver six new schools in the first £80m phase, including two PFI schools.

Equitix is new to the education sector. The investment house has a portfolio of PFI/PPP deals in healthcare but has set its sights on the education, social housing, criminal justice, highways and Government accomodation PFI/PPP sectors.