Title: Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement: A Guide for Public Owners

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Guidelines

Published: March 1, 2019


Region: North America

Country: United States

Sector: Transportation

Keywords: Age of Disruption, Procurement

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Document Summary:

This Public-Private Partnership Procurement Guide (Guidebook) has been developed in coordination with the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Build America Bureau, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide advanced guidance on procedures, issues, and considerations involved in public-private partnership (P3) procurement of surface transportation projects, with a focus on highway and transit investments.


Document Details:

This Guidebook is part of the P3 Toolkit that consists of P3 guidance documents and tools to assist in educating Federal, State, and local policy makers, legislative and executive staff, and transportation professionals. The P3 Toolkit comprises the base of a broader P3 capacity-building program, which includes a curriculum of courses and webinars. The P3 Toolkit addresses four key phases in P3 implementation, as listed below:

  1. P3 legislation and policy;
  2. P3 feasibility analysis and project development;
  3. P3 procurement; and
  4. P3 monitoring and oversight


Updated: March 31, 2024