The growing interest and experience in using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to expedite transportation infrastructure projects in the United States has followed the efforts by transportation agencies in other countries to address funding shortages to meet urgent transportation expansion and replacement needs by engaging the private sector to a greater extent than in the past.  This document provides guidelines for transportation agencies in the U.S. on institutional issues and strategies for developing, implementing, and managing PPP contractual

This report is not a step-by-step guide on how to negotiate concessions. Nor is it an attempt to identify model contracts or clauses. Rather, it aims at helping policymakers and their  advisers to better understand some of the most important and difficult issues related to the design, award, implementation, monitoring, and modification of concessions. Here, we broadly define concessions as any arrangements in which a firm obtains from the government the right to provide a particular service under conditions of significant market power.

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See also Manila Water Concession Agreement. 

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Water and Sanitation.

The Toolkit consists of a print version and this interactive CD-ROM version. In both formats, the Toolkit consists of eight modules:

TABLE OF CONTENTS -  Download as PDF document

MODULE 1 - Framework for Port Reform  - Download as PDF document

Any large city depends on its public transport system. It connects people to work, to services, and to each other. For these reasons, many governments  are closely involved in public transport policy and operations in their jurisdictions. 

In 1999, in pursuit of greater efficiency and service quality, the (then)  Victorian Government split Melbourne’s train and tram system into 5 franchises. It conducted a competitive tender for each franchise, and awarded them to 3 private sector franchisees for periods of between 12-15 years. 

The Guide to Guidance is principally aimed at public procurement authorities considering the use of public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements.

Introduction

A public-private partnership (“PPP”) arrangement differs from conventional public procurement in several respects. In a PPP arrangement the public and private sectors collaborate to deliver public infrastructure projects – such as roads, railways, airports – which typically share the following features:

Standardisation of PF2 Contracts (SoPC) (December 2012)

This version of standard wording and guidance is to be used by public sector bodies when drafting PF2 contracts. It reflects the new model of contracting for projects for the delivery of infrastructure and services using public private partnerships and replaces “Standardisation of PFI Contracts”  (Version 4 issued in March 2007).

The Infrascope is an informational tool and benchmarking index that assesses the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to carry out sustainable public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure. The analysis and content of this index covers the period from May 2014 to August 2014. The index was built by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and is commissioned by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group.

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This book provides an overview of dedicated PPP units in OECD countries, including case studies covering: the State of Victoria (Australia), Germany, Korea, South Africa (an OECD enhanced engagement country), and the United Kingdom. It examines the functions and locations of dedicated PPP units, the role they play in the procurement process and the lessons learned for other countries that have already established or are considering establishing a dedicated PPP unit.

EPEC. 2013. Termination and force majeure provisions in PPP contracts: Review of current European practice and guidance. Luxembourg: European Investment Bank, European PPP Expertise Centre. [#1113]

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Force Majeure: Checklists and Sample Wording

Sample Force Majeure Clauses

Tracking Number: EPEC_Termination and Force Majeure Provisions in PPP Contracts.EN.pdf