6.10.2  Schedule

The project team will establish a transaction schedule at the start of the project which will be updated as necessary. A sample schedule is shown in Table 2.

Any change to the schedule will be communicated to all individuals involved in the project. Where appropriate, the respondents/proponents are notified of the revised schedule in writing.

Table 2: Sample Project Schedule

Key Milestones 

Tentative Date

Issue RFQ

 

Closing of RFQ

 

Approval and announcement of short-listed Respondents

 

Issue RFP

 

Technical Meeting #1

 

Agreement Meeting #1

 

Closing of Concept/Optional Innovation Submissions

 

Closing of Preliminary technical submission

 

Technical Meeting #2

 

Agreement Meeting #2

 

Closing of Detailed technical submission

 

Issuance of final draft version of Agreement

 

Closing of Final submission

 

Notification of Preferred Proponent

 

Legal Agreement execution

 

Design and construction

 

Detailed schedules are included in the RFQ and RFP documents.