Jonathan Goring to take on full time role heading up Capita Symonds joint-bid for £400m Ministry of Defence private sector partner contract
Capita Symonds managing director Jonathan Goring is to take a new role heading up the consultant’s defence joint venture with URS and PA Consulting as the race for the Ministry of Defence’s £400m private sector partner job heats up.
Goring told Building he would take on the new role, effective immediately, heading up the firm’s joint bid for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) strategic business partner contract.
Goring said: “This is one of the biggest infrastructure challenges the UK faces and we think it’s substantial enough for me to give it my full time attention.”
Capita Symonds chief operating officer Graham Cowley will take over managing the firm in Goring’s absence.
Capita Symond’s joint venture with URS and PA Consulting is one of three shortlisted bidders for the role.
Telereal Trillium, KPMG and Mace make up one consortium, and Serco, DTZ and Bechtel the other.
The DIO issued an invitation to negotiate on 21 December, with the process now ramping up ahead of an appointment expected in October this year.
As Building exclusively revealed in July, the job was initially tendered for £100m, but then rose to £400m.
The DIO stated at the time that payment could rise higher because of an incentive-based contract to encourage the strategic partner to drive efficiencies across the defence estate.
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