The RA's have today, 8th February 2012 published a short consultation paper providing an option for the offering of Directed Contracts (DCs) for the forthcoming contract year. Two scenarios are presented in the paper - DCs could be offered either annually (only) in Q2 of this year, as has been the case to date, or they could also be offered quarterly on a rolling basis.
The RAs invite interested parties to submit comments to the paper, particularly on which DC option should be adopted, by 17:00 on Friday 9th March 2012.