Public interest is initially considered as part of the procurement options analysis when agencies are considering PPP delivery as one of the procurement options.
A full public interest test incorporating the eight elements below must be undertaken as part of the Business Case for PPP delivery.
The project is to be tested against each of the eight elements (outlined below) in turn, and a decision made on whether suitable measures can be established that adequately protect, maintain or improve the public interest.
The on-balance determination of whether the public interest can be adequately protected under a Partnerships Victoria contract requires a judgement of whether the failure to adequately protect any individual public interest element is a significant concern and whether it outweighs (on its own, or together with other failures) the benefits to the public interest arising from the potential project being delivered as a Partnerships Victoria project.