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Government Response to Report on Private Finance Projects and Off-Balance Sheet Debt

Sets out HM Treasury’s response to the Select Committee’s report, providing further detail and commentary on the practices and results of PFI in the United Kingdom.

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Benchmarking and Market Testing in NHS PFI projects: Code of Best Practice

This Code of Best Practice provides guidance and advice on good practice to NHS Trusts, Project Companies and Service Providers about to embark on benchmarking and market testing in a PFI scheme, and…

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Managing PPPs for Budget Sustainability: The Case of PPPs in Portugal, from Problems to Solutions

Considering that Portugal is currently suffering one of the most severe financial crisis in its history, this paper examines to what extent PPPs have contributed to Portugal’s external debt problems…

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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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Legislative Decree nr. 163 of 12 April 2006, Italy

Codice dei contratti pubblici relativi a lavori, servizi e forniture in attuazione delle direttive 2004/17/CE e 2004/18/CEIl presente codice disciplina i contratti delle stazioni appaltanti, degli…

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Portugal Fiscal Transparency Evaluation

IMF’s Fiscal Transparency Code is the international standard for disclosure of information about public finances. It comprises a set of principles built around four pillars: fiscal reporting,…

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Pulkovo Airport

The Project is to expand, develop, operate and maintain Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. In order to modernize the airport and address capacity constraints, the City decided to…

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Ordonnance 2004-559 sur les contrats de partenariat

L’ordonnance 2004-559 sur les contrats de partenariat énonce le cadre juridique et institutionnel des PPP en France. L’ordonnance 2008-735 incorpore…

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Proyecto Fin de Master: Seguimiento de una concesión

Describes the Spanish methodology for the monitoring of PPP projects.

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Real Decreto Legislativo 3/2011 (Spain)

Real Decreto Legislativo 3/2011, de 14 de noviembre, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley de Contratos del Sector PúblicoSpain’s Public Procurement Law (2011) has a detailed…

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A guide to the statistical treatment of PPPs

The statistical recording of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the statistics of EU Member States is carried out according to the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). More specific…

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A Programme Approach to PPPs: Lessons from the European experience

A PPP programme approach brings individual PPP projects together to deliver them in a coordinated way. This usually involves projects with a common objective such as a sector focus. This…

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RAILPAG: Railway Project Appraisal Guidelines

The RAILPAG (Railway Project Appraisal Guidelines) aim at providing a common framework for the appraisal of railway projects across the EU. They are the result of a similar harmonisation exercise as…

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Evalsed Sourcebook: Method and Techniques

Evalsed is an online resource providing guidance on the evaluation of socio-economic development. While Evalsed has a specific focus on evaluation in EU cohesion policy, it is also relevant to the…

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Guidance on Environmental Impact Assessment: Screening

This guidance document is about Screening in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). It is one in a series of three guidance documents on EIA published by the European Commission.

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Guidance on Environmental Impact Assessment: Scoping

This guidance document is about Scoping in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). It is one of a series of three guidance documents on EIA published by the Commission. Scoping is the process of…