The Partnerships Victoria Practitioner's Guide provides the framework for the establishment of partnerships with private sector entities for the provision of public infrastructure and related services.
Documentation relating to all of the required procurement milestones was available and the procurement process was conducted in line with Partnerships Victoria guidelines.
In particular, the following was observed:
• a PSC was constructed and updated throughout the evaluation process
• an output specification was produced (in the form of the project brief)
• appropriate approvals were obtained
• the evaluation of the bids was undertaken against previously determined criteria stipulated in the evaluation plan.
The state conducted a competitive tender process to identify the preferred private sector consortium to deliver the new RCH project.
The procurement approach complied with the expected elements of VGPB policy and guidance and the procurement exercise complied with the Partnerships Victoria guidelines.