The NSW Government is strongly committed to the delivery of infrastructure and services to the people of NSW.
PPPs are one of the options the Government uses to procure infrastructure and offers opportunities to bring together the ideas, experience and skills of the public and private sectors to develop innovative solutions to meet the community's needs, expectations, and aspirations.
The aim of a PPP is to deliver improved services and better value for money primarily through appropriate risk transfer and encouraging innovation.
PPPs are not new to NSW. Guidelines have been in existence since 1989. Since 2001, about $9.8 billion of new public infrastructure has been, or is being delivered as a PPP.
In recent years the Government has expanded the opportunities for private sector involvement in the delivery of social infrastructure and related services, particularly schools and hospitals. In such projects a distinction is made between core and non-core services. Government will continue to deliver core services such as teaching and clinical services.