Heard it Here First?

A couple of phone conversations, thoughts occasioned by the VHCC BVT experience and general lingering doubts lead me to pose the question:

Is the Preferred Supplier Scheme being kicked into the long grass?

Anonymous answers from our LSC readers in the comments box will of course be welcome.
ANOTHER THOUGHT
If I am wrong, which is entirely possible even given my generally sound predictive powers, then why an I currently reading so many phrases of this nature:

“We regard this as a temporary measure pending the introduction of best value tendering”