3.16 Under the Evaluation Plan, the first stage of the prioritisation evaluation process involved the Office of the Infrastructure Coordinator convening a Prioritisation Evaluation Committee. The role of the Prioritisation Evaluation Committee was to make recommendations to the Infrastructure Coordinator on those initiatives that should be included in the Interim Priority List. The Prioritisation Evaluation Committee comprised three employees from the Office of the Infrastructure Coordinator, and was chaired by the Executive Director, Infrastructure Planning.
3.17 Two advisory teams-a Profiling Advisory Team and an Appraisal Advisory Team-were established to provide advice to the Prioritisation Evaluation Committee in relation to profiling of submissions against Infrastructure Australia's strategic priorities and the BCR appraisal of candidate initiatives.
3.18 The Prioritisation Evaluation Committee was also assisted by external advisers selected from the Office of the Infrastructure Coordinator panel. Their role was to evaluate all submissions and prepare factual reports for the Prioritisation Evaluation Committee's consideration. Advisers were also to complete conflict of interest declarations and were not permitted to assess or have access to any initiatives contained in the submissions around which a conflict of interest had been disclosed.