Government is seeking value for money in the delivery of infrastructure. To this end, government will seek to maximise the use of competition as a means of driving operational and cost efficiencies, and innovation arising from private sector participation.
However government recognises that exceptional circumstances may arise where dealing with one private sector party in exclusivity is warranted. It is government's express intention that the granting of exclusive mandates would be the exception and that, in most cases, proposals would be developed and considered pursuant to the processes outlined in the previous sections of this framework.
The government may, at its sole discretion, consider granting an exclusive mandate in those cases where each of the following criteria is met to the government's satisfaction.