Technical advisers include architects, engineers, contract managers and other technical professions. Agencies need to be clear about what technical advice is required, particularly over and above the skills that may exist in-house or from their financial advisers.
Specific technical advice may be of particular use, for example, in the following areas:
• assisting to define output specifications for the physical asset;
• technical assumptions to be used in business cases;
• drafting technical aspects of tender documents;
• technical evaluation of proposals and bids, including capability of contractors;
• quality assurance during the construction phase together with arrangements for sampling contractor compliance;
• estimating the value of assets;
• technical aspects of facilities management; and
• IT and business processes.