Organization of the Guide

This guide is divided into ten sections. These are:

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - The Dimensions of Public Private Partnership

This section provides an overview of public private partnership, including a description of its various forms, a look at situations when local government may wish to consider public private partnership arrangements, and insight into the process involved in a public private partnership for the delivery of services and infrastructure.

Section 3 - The Legislative Framework and Authority for Public Private Partnership

This section provides an overview of recent amendments to the Municipal Act regarding local government's ability to enter into public private partnership arrangements.

Section 4 - Preparing for Service Delivery Through Public Private Partnerships

Providing a service through a public private partnership may be new to many local governments in British Columbia. This section deals with the internal issues that a local government should address when preparing for service delivery through public private partnership.

Section 5 - Determining When to Partner

This section sets out the steps that local governments should follow in establishing evaluation criteria to determine when a public private partnership should be pursued.

Section 6 - Implementing Public Private Partnerships

This section describes the activities required for the successful implementation of public private partnerships.

Section 7 - Selecting the Private Partner

This section provides an in-depth description of how to go about preparing a request for expressions of interest, request for qualifications and request for proposals. This section also examines the evaluation process and the preparation of selection criteria.