• Body of Knowledge:
    PPP Introduction and Overview
    5.3. Other Benefits Related to Overall Efficiency for Governments
    PPPs can also deliver additional efficiency benefits as follows: PPPs ensure there is an up-front commitment of resources to maintenance and technical reliability: the private sector can improve the reliability of the infrastructure availability and quality by committing dedicated resources to the...
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    Appraising PPP Projects
    19 Planning Ahead
    The next phases of the PPP process can be as demanding and challenging as the Appraisal Phase. They are multidisciplinary and profoundly interactive, and the natural interests surrounding large infrastructure projects tend to create a difficult decision environment. Thus, as the Appraisal Phase...
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    PPP Introduction and Overview
    Appendix A – Introduction to Project Finance
    Please see separate document Appendix B ­– Introduction to Islamic Finance Please see separate document. [40] The main reports cited are “PFI: Construction Performance. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor...
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    Simplicity at its best - good contract management is key
    The need for resilient, sustainable and new infrastructure is on the rise globally. Executives around the world are concerned about the adequacy and existence of infrastructure. Availability of infrastructure is a critical issue for business as it impacts on operating costs and it becomes a major...
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    Structuring and Drafting the Tender and Contract
    5.7 Contractual Categories of Risks: Compensation, Relief, and Force Majeure Events [52]
    From the standpoint of contractual risk allocation (that is, the reflection of the risk allocation into the contract), there are different categories of risks. Compensation events – this refers to risk events for which the private partner is entitled to receive financial compensation if the event...
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    Structuring and Drafting the Tender and Contract
    10. Control Check and Approvals before Launching the Tender, and Planning Ahead
    The last tasks of the process in the Structuring and Pre-launching Phase will include the following. Formally raising the necessary approvals, packaging all tender documents, and running a control check. This is explained below; and Planning the Tender Phase/tender process. The tender process...
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    Structuring and Drafting the Tender and Contract
    5.1 Introduction
    Risk allocation: definition and rationale Risk allocation is the exercise to define which party will assume each risk, identifying which risks the private partner will be (or remain) responsible for and to what extent, and identifying which risks the public partner will be responsible for and to...
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    6.4 The Financial Structure of the Project Company
    A considerable cost associated with the project is the cost of capital or the costs of obtaining the financial resources to implement the project. To correctly estimate these costs, the financial model must accommodate a fundamental problem in project finance[14]: where the required money for the...
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    PPP Introduction and Overview
    5. When to Use PPPs: Motivations and Caveats
    There are a variety of reasons commonly given for using PPPs as an option to procure infrastructure. These reasons may be classified according to three main groups: Those related to the financial nature of PPPs, or PPPs as a financial mechanism for governments (including the “off balance sheet”...
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    Appraising PPP Projects
    15 Assessing Legal Feasibility
    The project team have to make a thorough analysis of the legal issues surrounding the project, across several dimensions. A detailed legal due diligence should be done to ensure that all foreseeable legal requirements, which have not or will not be dealt with in other appraisal exercises, are met...
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    4.3 Consideration of Risk in the Appraisal Process
    Chapter 5.6 provides a comprehensive overview of risk issues and the risk management cycle in PPP projects. During the appraisal process, risk identification and risk assessment are key tasks that provide inputs for constructing the financial base case for feasibility, for Value for Money (VfM)...
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    Project Identification and PPP Screening
    7. Information Requirements/Data Checklist
    Most projects have constraints and dependencies that must be clarified before beginning the full appraisal, such as land availability and environmental studies. The main purpose of these considerations is to identify potential difficulties or obstacles that will have to be considered during the...
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    13.3. Timing and Scope of the Advisory Contracts
    The procurement and selection of advisors may be done as a group, that is, selecting a consortium of firms under a single advisory contract to cover all the areas of work, or under separate procurement and contracts. There are pros and cons to both of these options. A single integrated team will...
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    Appraising PPP Projects
    7 Assessing the Technical Feasibility
    The technical requirements will naturally be designed with the aim of defining a feasible PPP project. However, the development of specific technical feasibility criteria can be useful to organize the information properly, increase overall transparency, and promote a stronger base for the...
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    Operations and Handback
    1. Introduction
    In this chapter, the focus will be on the contract management of the Operations Phase. Although the Operations Phase contains different aspects in comparison with the Construction Phase, the mechanism for applying good practice contract management therein does not differ significantly from the...
  • Will Dachs
    William Dachs is the Chief Operating Officer the Gautrain Management Agency which is the owner of the assets of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link, a USD 3billion urban rail PPP. Prior to this William was the Head of the Public Private Partnership Unit at the South African National Treasury and was one...
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    Strategy Delivery and Commissioning
    7.2. Cost Implication Oversight
    As the Construction Phase progresses, the private partner (and the government in cases where the government makes a capital contribution) must make payments that match the progress made by the construction contractor in completing the construction works. These payments are typically made against...
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    PPP Introduction and Overview - Appendix B - Sharia Finance
    2. Traditional Istina'a
    A traditional istina’a (‘istina’a’) is an agreement between two parties (the Islamic funder and the construction contractor) whereby the Construction contractor agrees at the outset to construct/manufacture a clearly described/specified PPP project asset for the Islamic funder. The price for...
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    Strategy Delivery and Commissioning
    Introduction
    Once the PPP contract is signed and financial close has been achieved (refer to chapter 6), the Construction Phase commences. This culminates in a form of commissioning, which triggers the beginning of the Operations Phase. While the structure of the PPP Certification Guide treats the Construction...
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    Celebrating 10,000 CP3P Exams
    Congratulations to all the CP3P professionals who have worked hard to achieve their certification.  The CP3P Scheme is an innovation of the World Bank and has grown from strength to strength over the past five years. The PPP Guide has become the go-to body of knowledge for thousands of PPP...