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Briefing Note 1: Payment Mechanisms in Operational PPP Projects

Describes experience with defining and implementing government-pays payment mechanisms in PPPs.

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Output Specification – Building our Future: Scotland’s School Estate

Sets out model output specifications for schools PPP projects as well as some guidance on key issues in defining output-based specifications.  

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National Audit Office website

The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. NAO support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-…

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Lessons from PFI and other projects

An extensive review of the PFI program and other large infrastructure projects by the National Audit Office to evaluate value-for-money of the program and the performance of government units.

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Review of the VFM Assessment Process for PFI: Briefing for the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee

Review of the VFM assessment process for PFI, prepared in response to the Treasury Committee’s request that the National Audit Office examine the value for money (VFM) assessment process and…

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Performance of PFI Construction 2009

NAO. 2009b. Performance of PFI Construction. London: National Audit Office. [#2218]

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PFI: Construction Performance 2003

Most construction work under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is being delivered on time and at the cost expected by the public sector. Central government has generally obtained a much higher…

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Managing the Relationship, to Secure Successful Partnership in PFI Projects

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is now established as a major form of Government procurement. It is used to procure a wide range of public services, including hospitals, prisons, roads, computer…

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Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps)

The Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps) is a body set up by the predecessors to the Local Government Association to assist local authorities in England and Wales develop and deliver PFI…

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Valuing Infrastructure Spend: Supplementary Guidance to the Green Book

This document is a best practice guide for use in central government departments and other government bodies involved in the production and approval of business cases for economic infrastructure…

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Mobilising Finance for Infrastructure

This synthesis report summarises findings from a research programme on private finance for infrastructure investment. The aim of the programme was to understand the main constraints on the flow of…

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Green Book supplementary guidance: valuing infrastructure spend

Supplementary guidance to the Green Book on the assessment of infrastructure spending

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Assessing Project Feasibility and Economic Viability

Implementing a project as a PPP only makes sense if the project itself is sound. Most governments therefore subject proposed PPP projects to the same technical and economic appraisal as any other…

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OECD Review of Public Governance of Public-Private Partnerships in the UK

The OECD Review of Public Governance of Public-Private Partnerships in the United Kingdom discusses the UK PFI framework according to the 2012 Principles for Public Governance of PPPs.

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Guidance for PPPs in Infrastructure

This website provides UK's Guidance for PPPs in Infrastructure.

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Consideration of Consultation Responses

This document records the key themes made in response to the Airports Commission’s consultation on three options for expanding the UK’s aviation capacity, and the Commission’s response to these…

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Insufficient Funds

Infrastructure investment is typically under-funded—that is, most countries are not investing enough to meet strategic objectives, such as universal access or poverty eradication. This suggests that…

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UK National Infrastructure Pipeline

A forward-looking pipeline of infrastructure projects.

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Thames Tideway Tunnel

The GBP 4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel (“TTT”) project, a 25km tunnel to run beneath the River Thames in the centre of London, is the largest sewer improvement project to be conducted in the UK for over…

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Appraising Potential PPP Projects

Potential PPP projects must undergo an appraisal process to ensure that developing and implementing them makes sense. For any proposed PPP project, there are five key criteria that governments should…

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The Greater London Authority (GLA) Group Responsible Procurement Policy

The Greater London Authority (GLA) Group Responsible Procurement Policy: One of the policy goals is to encourage equality and diversity by removing barriers in procurement approaches and processes…