Strategic issues in public-private partnerships / Geert Dewulf, Anneloes Blanken, Mirjam Bult-Spiering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewulf, Geert.

Contributor:

Blanken, Anneloes.

Bult-Spiering, Mirjam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public-private sector cooperation.

Public-private sector cooperation--Europe.

Public-private sector cooperation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Managing PPP projects is not a routine job, as every PPP project is different and should be managed accordingly. These projects require considerable capability and skills from both public sector and private sector managers involved, Strategic Issues in Public Private Partnerships, Second Edition, delivers the insight and tools necessary to assist those managers. As Public private partnership (PPP) arrangements become an increasingly popular way for national governments to fund and develop public infrastructure and urban areas with private sector contributions, a better understanding o

Contents:

Strategic Issues in Public-Private Partnerships; Contents; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Emergence of Concessions; 1.1 The rise of public-private partnerships; 1.1.1 New Public Management; 1.1.2 The impact of NPM on the provision of public infrastructure; 1.2 Different forms of public-private partnerships; 1.2.1 The public-private spectrum; 1.2.2 Typology and explanation; 1.3 Concessions; 1.3.1 History; 1.3.2 Definitions; 1.3.3 Motives; 1.3.4 Explanation: Value for Money; 1.4 Overview; 2 Procurement of Concessions; 2.1 Procurement strategies; 2.1.1 Procurement types

2.2 The concession structure2.2.1 Government role; 2.2.2 Special Purpose Vehicle; 2.2.3 Financing sources; 2.3 Decision-making process; 2.4 Tendering concessions; 2.4.1 Market consultation or request for information (RFI); 2.4.2 Request for (pre)qualification (RFQ); 2.4.3 Invitation to tender or request for proposal (RFP); 2.4.4 Tender evaluation and short listing; 2.4.5 Negotiation with short-listed tenders; 2.4.6 Selection of the tender, award of concession, and financial close; 2.5 Institutional procurement guidelines; 2.5.1 European directives; 2.5.2 Directives in the USA

2.5.3 The role of the institutional context in PPP developments2.6 Contracts and cooperation; 3 Infrastructure Concessions; 3.1 Overview of developments; 3.1.1 United Kingdom; 3.1.2 Spain; 3.1.3 Portugal; 3.1.4 United States of America; 3.1.5 Other global examples of PPP in economic infrastructure; 3.2 International comparison; 3.3 Lessons learnt; 4 Social Infrastructure; 4.1 Overview of development of concessions in health; 4.1.1 United Kingdom; 4.1.2 Reflections on social infrastructure concessions; 4.1.3 Australia; 4.2 Explanation of the similarities and differences between countries

4.3 Lessons learned and challenges5 Concession PPPs and Flexibility; 5.1 The incompleteness of contracts; 5.2 Flexibility in hospital concessions; 5.2.1 Changes in catchment's population; 5.2.2 Changes in medical technologies; 5.2.3 Changes in policies; 5.2.4 Design flexibility; 5.2.5 Service flexibility; 5.3 The way forward; 6 Economic Context and Concessions; 6.1 Financing of concessions; 6.2 Project finance; 6.2.1 Finance structure; 6.2.2 Differences between financing economic and social infrastructure concessions; 6.2.3 Refinancing; 6.2.4 Banks versus bonds

6.3 The influence of the economic situation on concessions6.3.1 Effects credit crisis on concession projects; 6.3.2 Changes in concession processes; 6.3.3 Strategies for changing economic situations; 6.4 Looking forward; 7 Concessions and the Public Interest; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Public interest and concessions; 7.2.1 Safeguarding the public interest?; 7.2.2 Concessions and the public interest; 7.3 Institutional arrangements to safeguard the public interest; 7.4 Project governance strategies and the public interest; 8 Value for Money Revisited; 8.1 Value for Money: an introduction

8.2 Ex-ante VFM assessment: the Public Sector Comparator

Notes:

Prev. ed. cataloged under Bult-Spiering, Mirjam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Bult-Spiering, Mirjam. Strategic issues in public-private partnerships.

ISBN:

9786613619921

9781119968306

1119968305

9781280590092

1280590092

9781119968276

1119968275

9781119968283

1119968283

OCLC:

778339529