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Public Private Partnerships: Overcoming Pre-Contract Problems Faced by Public Clients and Private Providers in Infrastructure Projects in Singapore
After five years since their introduction, there remains a dearth of public-private-partnership (PPP) projects in Singapore. This paper aims to investigate the problems faced when using PPP arrangements and provide recommendations on how these can be surmounted. Face-to-face in-depth interviews with practitioners from the public and private sectors were conducted. The results show that the problems faced by public PPP clients are: difficulty in deciding if a public service could be bought using the PPP route; private providers’ inability to innovate and understand clients’ requirements; private sector’s low capability in facilities management; and public sector’s constantly changing needs. The difficulties faced by private providers are: inability to recoup expenditure; absence of a PPP champion; high tendering cost; criteria for awards are unclear; and risk allocation is unfair. Recommendations on how problems faced in the PPP pre-contract stage might be overcome are presented.
Public Private Partnerships: Overcoming Pre-Contract Problems Faced by Public Clients and Private Providers in Infrastructure Projects in Singapore
After five years since their introduction, there remains a dearth of public-private-partnership (PPP) projects in Singapore. This paper aims to investigate the problems faced when using PPP arrangements and provide recommendations on how these can be surmounted. Face-to-face in-depth interviews with practitioners from the public and private sectors were conducted. The results show that the problems faced by public PPP clients are: difficulty in deciding if a public service could be bought using the PPP route; private providers’ inability to innovate and understand clients’ requirements; private sector’s low capability in facilities management; and public sector’s constantly changing needs. The difficulties faced by private providers are: inability to recoup expenditure; absence of a PPP champion; high tendering cost; criteria for awards are unclear; and risk allocation is unfair. Recommendations on how problems faced in the PPP pre-contract stage might be overcome are presented.
Public Private Partnerships: Overcoming Pre-Contract Problems Faced by Public Clients and Private Providers in Infrastructure Projects in Singapore
Ling, Florence Yean Yng (author) / Kumaraswamy, M.M. (author) / Dulaimi, Mohammed F. (author) / Khalfan, Malik (author)
International Journal of Construction Management ; 11 ; 63-77
2011-01-01
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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