Standardized Agreements, Bidding Documents and Guidance Manuals
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There has been a long tradition of the use of standardized agreements for the procurement of goods and services for traditional public works projects and many international financial institutions including the World Bank require the use of standard bidding documents for the projects that they fund. The use of standardized contracts for complex public-private partnership (PPP) transactions is less common and to date international financial institutions have not produced standardized agreements for PPP transactions. On the national level many countries have developed model bidding documents, model contracts or key contract clauses, along with guidance manuals. This includes a number of jurisdictions with extensive PPP programs such as the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa. Standardized agreements are also increasingly used for specific sectors to reduce the costs for each single contract. Other countries incorporate some standardized elements in overall legislation to govern all PPP contracts. Set out below are links to examples of standardized PPP agreements, PPP contract clauses, bidding documents and guidance manuals that were developed on the national and international level. Further Reading The examples of standardized PPP Contracts and Contract Clauses listed in the PPP reference Guide - Examples of Standardized PPP Contracts and Contract Clauses provide further examples. Video: Should Standardized Agreements Be Used in PPP Contracts - A Debate, Law, Justice and Development Week 2014.
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Page Specific Disclaimer*Note: Although the key features of each category are summarized, there is overlap between the categories and the name given to a particular agreement may not reflect this classic categorization. Care should also be taken to identify whether a specific classification is enshrined in the laws of the host country, as in the case of many civil law jurisdictions where there are strict definitions of "concessions" and "affermages". The sample agreements included in this section are not the full range of agreements associated with infrastructure projects. They agreements are NOT intended to be used as "models". Legal advice should be sought in the preparation and drafting of an agreement to ensure that it is appropriate and workable in the circumstances of a particular project, sector and country. Find Terms and Conditions of this website here.
KeywordsUtility Restructuring Corporatization Decentralization Performance Contracts
Type of ResourceCivil Works and Service Contracts
Type of ResourceManagement/Operation and Maintenance Contracts
Leases and Affermage Contracts
Type of ResourceConcessions Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Design-Build-Operate (DBO) Projects
Type of ResourceJoint Ventures / Government Shareholding in Project Company
Type of ResourceFull Divestiture / Privatization
Type of ResourceContract Plans / Performance Contracts
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