Design-Build-Operate-Maintain and Build-Operate-Transfer

Under a design-build-operate-maintain ("DBOM") or build-operate-transfer ("BOT") delivery approach, the selected contractor is responsible for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility for a specified time. The contractor must meet all agreed upon performance standards relating to physical condition, capacity, congestion, and/or ride quality. The potential advantages of the DBOM or BOT approach are the increased incentives for the delivery of a higher quality plan and project because the private partner is responsible for the performance of the facility and for maintaining the project, in its complete and fully operational state, for a specified period of time after construction. Since 2000, three transit projects in the U.S. have been procured as DBOMs: NJ Transit Hudson-Bergen LRT MOS-1 and MOS-2 (see illustration of Hudson-Bergen LRT Line below); and JFK Airtrain.

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit Line (DBOM PPP Project)

Source: Photo by David Pirmann, 11/2001. http://world.nycsubway.org/us/hudson-bergen/