This P3 Business Case Development Guide is organized into the following seven sections which are aligned with the P3 business case table of contents provided as Appendix D to the Application Guide for the P3 Canada Fund.
• Section 2.0: Project description and investment decision
• Section 3.0: Procurement decision
• Section 4.0: Value for Money analysis
• Section 5.0: Integrated recommendation
• Section 6.0: Project funding and affordability
• Section 7.0: Procurement strategy
• Section 8.0: Implementation plan
Sponsors should include with their business case submissions a transmittal letter that indicates that the business case has been formally approved by sponsors' leadership/governance body. An executive summary of the business case should be included. The executive summary should summarize the entirety of the business case and describe the recommended procurement option with supporting information regarding its qualitative and quantitative alignment with the project's objectives. Information should be provided that demonstrates the impact of PPP Canada funding and the sponsors commitment and readiness to undertake the transaction.
Each section is prefaced with a statement on the purpose of the section and its relevance to PPP Canada and is further organized into subsections that provide guidance on the content generally expected to be provided for that section. For ease of use, each subsection is structured as follows:
Objective | This element of each sub-section sets out the objectives that are to be achieved with the requested content. |
Sources of information | This element of each sub-section provides guidance on where to source the information required to satisfy the content requirements of the sub-section. |
In the reviewer's shoes | This element of each sub-section poses questions that provide a mental checklist to assess the completeness and robustness of their content. |