PPP Project Procurement (Authority Perspective)
Synergy Academy’s PPP Project Procurement (Authority Perspective) course is tailored for professionals involved in the planning, structuring, and management of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects from the government or authority’s standpoint.
This course provides in-depth insights into the international standard procurement processes and legal frameworks that govern PPP projects, focusing on the authority’s role in selecting and managing private sector partners.
Participants will explore key stages of the PPP procurement cycle, including project identification, tendering, negotiation, and contract management. The course covers how to design a fair and transparent procurement process, evaluate bids, and ensure compliance with public sector regulations.
Our course places a special emphasis on risk allocation, project financing, and how to create long-term value for money while safeguarding public interests. Through real-world case studies and practical exercises, participants will gain an understanding of the authority's perspective on balancing public needs with private sector efficiency and innovation.
This course is ideal for government officials, public sector consultants, and professionals involved in managing PPP projects in the infrastructure, transportation, energy, and healthcare sectors.
Summary
PPP Project Procurement (Authority Perspective) - 80 Hours
PPP
Objectives and Rationale
PPP
Assessment of Suitability
Outline Business Case (OBC)
Full day Group Exercise
Tender Process for a PPP project
(Authority Perspective)
Risk Allocation & Mitigation
PPP/ Project Finance
Due Diligence/ Risk Assessment
PPP/ Project Finance
Payment Mechanism
PPP/ Project Finance
PPP Sectoral Analysis
(Choice of the relevant sector)
Credit Enhancement
Modules
PPP - Objectives and Rationale
- Infrastructure Development – Traditional vis-à -vis PPP
- Prevalent Spectrum of PPP models – BOO to DBFOT
- Private finance for infrastructure – arguments for and against
- Case Study – PPP as an enabler of service delivery by governments
PPP - Assessment of suitability
- Project Identification and PPP Screening
- Main tasks of the identifying projects and preparatory activities to move forward in the PPP cycle
- Entry routes to the PPP Pipeline (up to full feasibility), the rationale of plans and project pipelines
- Factors affecting the prioritization and selection of projects
- Concept of Cost-Benefit Analysis and economic-analysis
- Group Exercise – Preparing a PPP screening criterion for Infrastructure Project
Outline Business Case (OBC) - Full day Group Exercise
- Participants to prepare a project brief/ Outline Business Case (OBC) as a group:
- Project Description
- Need for project (including economic & social benefit)
- Technical/ Concept Design
- Procurement and Contracting Structure
- Project Funding & Revenue Sources
- Monitoring during operation phase
Tender Process for a PPP project (Authority Perspective)
- Type of Tender Process – One stage or two stage
Risk Allocation & Mitigation - PPP/Project Finance
- Risk phases- development, construction, start-up and operations & maintenance
- Trigger points- concession signing, financial close, commercial operation date, end of loan
- Allocation and mitigation of risk
- Case Study – Risk allocation in a conventional power/ renewable energy projects
Due Diligence/ Risk Assessment - PPP/Project Finance
- Purpose and approach to due diligence (DD)
- Due Diligence/ Risk Assessment
- Technical project analysis – technology, construction and operation
- Financial structure risk – allocation of responsibilities and governance, refinancing issues, interest rate and currency volatility
- Input risk – analyzing the price and volatility of inputs
- Offtake risk – the output structure (with take or pay and other examples)
- Contract risk – default and management of counterparties
- Environmental risk
- Group Exercise – DD of a sample PPP project
Payment Mechanism - PPP/Project Finance
- Volume linked payment mechanisms, when to use them and the main features
- Availability concept elements and structuring matters in availability payment mechanisms
- Hybrid payment mechanisms
- Group Exercise – Determine the most suitable payment mechanism for sample project
PPP Sectoral Analysis (Choice of the relevant sector)
- Focus session on any one sector (with relevant examples) – sector options 1) Power 2) Renewables 3) Urban & Social Infra 4) Transport 5) Water 6) Waste 7) District Cooling/ Heating
- Types of projects within the sector
- Sector overview
- Typical PPP structure employed for the sector
- Payment Mechanism
- Risk allocation
Credit Enhancement
- Introduction to Credit Enhancement
- Partial Risk Guarantee
- Political Risk Insurance
- Export Credit Agencies
- Escrow Account
- Case Study – Prepare credit enhancement package for a sample project
Training Highlights
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Certification &
Recognition -
LMS Portal
Access -
Flexible Training
Method -
Industry - Relevant
Case Studies Covered -
Knowledge

Resources -
Comprehensive
Training Assessment -
Progress
Tracking -
Project Based
Learning Curve
