About
It has recently been announced that every Government capital project over $25 million must consider PPPs. We are likely to see more PPPs appear in Education, Health, Corrections and other core functions of Government.
Negotiating PPPs with the private sector requires specialist skills & knowledge - PPPs in a Nutshell will give you an understanding of the strengths and pitfalls facing policy makers, local & central government staff, investors and partners in the PPP process.
Key Learning Objectives
This high level executive overview will give you the tools and knowledge to:
• Gain an in depth understanding of key PPP concepts
• Build a business case and feasibility study for PPPs
• Effectively structure a PPP
• Understand and manage risks surrounding PPP arrangements
• Gain an understanding of Financial and Legal issues surrounding PPPs
Who Should Attend?
• Local Government
• Central Government
• Pension Funds/Equity/Institutional Investors
• Regulators
• Strategy Managers
• Asset Managers
• Finance Managers
• Financial Advisors
• Procurement Managers
Training Methodology
This intensive two -day training programme will combine tutorial sessions with practical examples. All participants will be provided with a details workbook and certificate of completion.
Outline
Understanding Public Private Partnerships (PPP) ?
• Why do Public Private Partnerships?
• What are the types of PPP?
• Key principles of PPP
• Who use PPP?
• Contractual framework
• Role of government in a PPP
• NZ Framework for PPP
• SSC Gateway review
• Key features of successful PPPs
• Examples of PPP failures
• Case Studies (Local + Overseas):
- Utilities
- Housing
- Transport
- Education
- Healthcare
- Prisons
Defining the service need and procurement options:
• Identifying service needs
• Relationship between outputs and outcomes
• Flexibility and innovation
• What is the best mix of public sector and/or private sector involvement?
Forming the project team:
• Why is this important?
• Governance
• Selecting the project team
• Developing project plans
• Communication and consultation planning
Developing the business case
• Evaluating benefits, risks and costs of preferred option against other options, including status quo
• Treasury CBA Primer
- Data (valuing costs and benefits)
- Assumptions
- Optimism Bias
- Discount rate
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Presenting information
• Evaluating procurement options
• Obtaining funding and project approval
• What is a Public Sector Comparator and why develop one?
• Inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI)
Selecting the private sector partner
• Evaluating EoI
• Reviewing Business Case
• Use of standard documentation to develop RFP & contract
• Evaluating RFP and negotiate
• Comparing approachs with Canada and Europe
“The end of the beginning”
• Maintaining the relationship
• Delivery and success
• Measure, Monitor, Manage and Evolve
• Some key messages from the research
Facilitator
Rob Steel, MRAC MRICS, P3O Accredited Practioner Manager – Management Consultancy Services, Opus International Consultants Ltd

Rob is a knowledgeable senior executive with broad international experience in portfolio management, infrastructure investments and public private partnerships (PPPs) in both the public and private sectors. He has a proven overseas track record in supporting public and private organisations to deliver successful PPPs by using a collaborative leadership style and outstanding relationship management skills to build high performing teams.
He is internationally accredited by the APM Group, on behalf of The Office of Government Commerce (UK), as an accredited Practioner in P3O. P3O is a set of principles, processes and techniques which facilitate effective
portfolio, programme, and project management across an organisation. It incorporates existing good practice like the Gateway Review. Rob is also a guest lecturer at The University of Auckland Business School on asset management in the public and private sector.
Rob Steel is also facilitating:
In-house Training
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