Costs are incurred by the owner to develop a feasibility study that justifies undertaking the project, as well as the detailed analysis required for the business case to support a recommended procurement option, as described in Section 1.4.
The business case phase costs include the cost of developing an Indicative Design for a project. For a PPP, an Indicative Design is usually completed by both internal and external consultants, to a sufficient degree that they can support the development of project costs and provide proponents with an understanding of facility requirements. The final, detailed design is completed by the private sector partner.