CP3P Execution

This module focuses on translating the approved PPP structure into bankable, enforceable tender and contract documentation, ensuring risks, responsibilities, and performance requirements are clearly defined and aligned with value-for-money objectives.

• Purpose and role of PPP contracts and tender documents
• Link between project structure, risk allocation, and contract drafting
• Key components of PPP contracts and schedules
• Performance-based specifications and output requirements
• Payment mechanisms and performance regimes
• Risk allocation principles and contractual risk matrices
• Drafting provisions for change, relief events, and force majeure
• Lender requirements and bankability considerations
• Interface between technical, financial, and legal documentation
• Drafting evaluation criteria and bid submission requirements
• Ensuring consistency across tender and contract documents
• Managing legal, commercial, and technical advisors during drafting

This module examines the competitive procurement process for PPPs, from issuing the tender through bid evaluation, negotiations, and financial close, with a focus on transparency, fairness, and achieving optimal outcomes.

• Objectives and principles of PPP procurement
• Prequalification and shortlisting of bidders
  Managing bidder engagement and market interactions
• Clarification processes and handling bidder questions
• Evaluation of technical, financial, and commercial proposals
• Application of evaluation criteria and scoring methodologies
• Managing competitive dialogue and negotiated procedures
• Governance and approvals during the tender process
• Preferred bidder selection and award decision-making
• Bid validity, negotiations, and contract finalization
• Financial close process and conditions precedent
• Managing procurement risks and challenges

This module addresses the long-term management of PPP contracts, focusing on maintaining performance, managing change, and safeguarding value for money throughout the operational life of the project.

• Purpose and objectives of PPP contract management
• Establishing contract management teams and governance structures
• Roles and responsibilities of public and private parties
• Performance monitoring and reporting mechanisms
• Administration of payment mechanisms and deductions
• Managing variations and change requests
• Handling claims, disputes, and contract remedies
• Relationship management and partnering approaches
• Managing refinancing events and gain-sharing mechanisms
• Ensuring compliance with contractual obligations
• Information management and record-keeping
• Preparing for audits, reviews, and performance assessments

This module focuses on the construction and commissioning phase, where risks are highest and effective oversight is critical to ensure the asset is delivered on time, on budget, and to specification.

• Transition from financial close to construction
• Roles of the public authority during construction
• Design development and approvals
• Construction risk allocation and mitigation
• Monitoring construction progress and milestones
• Quality assurance and compliance monitoring
• Managing delays, defects, and non-performance
• Interface management between construction and operations
• Testing, commissioning, and acceptance procedures
• Certification of completion and service commencement
• Managing early operational issues
• Lessons learned from delivery phase challenges

This module covers the operational phase and contract expiry, focusing on sustained service delivery, performance management, and effective handback of assets at the end of the PPP term.

• Operational performance management in PPPs
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• itoring service levels and key performance indicators
• Managing payment mechanisms during operations
• Lifecycle maintenance and asset management planning
• Managing operational risks and change over time
• Stakeholder engagement and user satisfaction
• Managing contract variations during operations
• Preparing for contract expiry and handbackHandback requirements and asset condition standards
• Inspections, certifications, and remedial actions
• Managing transition to public operation or re-tendering
• Post-project evaluation and knowledge capture