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The ODA recently scrapped the Olympic building programme manager role it had tendered, replacing it with a much wider-ranging "delivery partner" role, which is now out to tender. Senior figures at one QS firm going for the civils package expressed fears the new regime would lead to the role they have been in the running for being transferred to the winner of the delivery partner contract. He confirmed he was now talking to firms thought likely to bid for the delivery partner role. The ODA has specified that the delivery partner must have a minimum turnover of 拢100m or be a consortium of firms with a combined turnover adding up to the same amount. Another QS in the running for the infrastructure role said an alternative scenario could be the ODA transferring the responsibility for procuring the infrastructure package to the delivery partner. He said: "There has been no movement since September, but we know the ODA's preferred solution is a small ODA and a large delivery partner." The firms with their hats in the ring include Currie & Brown, Northcroft, Faithful + Gould and Turner & Townsend. The package includes civil engineering work such as ground services, putting in the power and water supply, drainage and hard and soft landscaping. The project will create 72 bridges, canals and a road network.