The potential for service delivery through public private partnerships will reflect local government policy and expectations. For example, a local government may take a policy position that states public private partnerships should not be considered at all or considered only in special circumstances. At the other end of the spectrum, the local government may undertake a systematic review of how it presently delivers services to assess the relevance of public private partnerships to both existing and future service delivery.
Irrespective of the position they ultimately take, local governments need to carefully consider the relevance of public private partnerships to the delivery of services in their communities, in particular, to:
• services currently being provided
• future services the local government is contemplating
• unsolicited proposals advanced by the private sector