Section 12  Project Agreement

The Working Committee led by the Project Director and Alberta Justice will be responsible for the development of the Project Agreement, including the incorporation of comments from Proponents. Comments on the draft Project Agreement from Proponents are processed according to the following procedures:

1.  Proponents submit their 1st round of comments on the draft Project Agreement and the related portions of the output/performance specifications to the project contact by the specified deadline in writing.

2.  Alberta Justice will consolidate all comments from Proponents to facilitate analysis. A document containing the consolidated comments will be distributed to the Working Committee for review.

3.  The Working Committee will meet to discuss the comments and consider revisions to the Project Agreement. The Fairness Auditor will participate to ensure the maintenance of fairness in the revisions.

4.  As part of the process, individual or group meetings with Proponents to clarify their comments may be conducted.

5.  Alberta Justice will draft the revisions to the draft Project Agreement as agreed by the Working Committee.

6.  The Project Director will present the recommended changes to the Steering Committee.

7.  The 2nd draft Project Agreement will be issued to all Proponents via the electronic data room.

8.  Steps 1 to 7 will be repeated for the 2nd round of comments from Proponents on the 2nd draft Project Agreement.

9.  The final form of the Project Agreement will be reviewed by the Steering Committee.

10.  The final form of the Project Agreement will be issued to all Proponents via the electronic data room.