Bouygues and Wates out of Coventry BSF race

The number of bidders in the race for the £355m Coventry Building Schools for the Future (BSF) has fallen to just three.

Bouygues and Wates are thought to have failed to make the grade..

BAM PPP, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine remain in the competition.

An award is set for summer 2010, although the list will fall to just two bidders in early 2010.