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Public private partnerships and the poor - Case Study - Buenos Aires, Argentina. Experiences with water provision in four low-income barrios in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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A case study of four barrios (neighborhoods) in Buenos Aires, Argentina where the initial water concession from the local government to Aguas de Argentina -the private utility- did not provide enough coverage and was leaving the poor out from the area of service. However, water access and sanitation services improved significantly for citizens including the urban poor in an informal settlement.

Water and Sewerage Lease Contract – Example 2

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This sample agreement of a water and lease includes the possibility of including in the contract alternative water provision means such as standpipes and water kiosks; and indicates that whenever possible, the Operator shall subcontract local standpipe and kiosk management to standpipe agents and to communities. (Provision 23).

 

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Contracting out water and sanitation services - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Guidance notes for service and management contracts in developing countries

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This document explains the lessons learned from contractual arrangements with third parties for service provision, and ways to deliver improved management service in the water sector mainly in low income countries. It provides examples and different ways that would enable a practitioner to understand local needs and carve existing and new solutions accordingly.

The document mentions some examples of protecting the interests of the poor, such as:

Circular - Project Development, Avoided Cost Tariff and Standardized PPA for Biomass Power Projects

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Circular - Project Development, Avoided Cost Tariff and Standardized PPA for Biomass Power Projects of 9 December 2015. Standardized document developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through their MOIT/GIZ Energy Support Program.

Guía Práctica: Estructuración de contratos de participación del sector privado para proyectos de agua en pequeña escala

Law of Investment Projects and Service Provision of Jalisco State and its municipalities

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This law governs the public-private partnerships in infrastructure in Jalisco State, Mexico. The law indicates that in the evaluation of the bids, it may be possible to grant extra points to the bidder that foresees subcontracting SMEs for service provision.

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Manual of Good Practices in Public Procurement 2015 (Manual de Buenas Prácticas en la Contratación Pública 2015) (In Spanish)

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This document is a guide for Ecuadorian public procurement. It compiles certain recurrent practices in the field that either illegal, non-ethic or illegitimate, and shows the best way to address them by implementing basic principles of the public procurement such as legality, transparence, opportunity and equality.

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Goods, Services, Works and Concession Procurement Law – Law 340 of 2006

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Goods, Services, Works and Concession Procurement Law – Law 340 of 2006

 

In general, this law establishes the principles and general rules that govern public procurement in the country. Within those principles, the law indicates that the public procurement process should encourage SME participation, including designing bidding documents specifically to do so.

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Regulation of the Goods, Services, Works and Concessions Procurement Law - Decree 543 of 2012

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This law promotes SMEs in public procurement. It indicates for example, that SMEs may participate in selection processes through consortiums or different type of associations, and they may receive an advanced payment of 20% of the project to strengthen their economic capacity.

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