B.4  Formation of project pools

Application of the selection criteria outlined above means that the two different sets of project pools were formed in a way that is as far as possible unbiased, given the nature of the PPP market in Australia.

Projects considered and included in the sample came from NSW, Queensland, Victoria and a grouping titled 'Other' as detailed in Appendix C. A total of 206 projects undertaken since 2000 that met the capex requirements detailed under criterion 3 above were considered. Of these 206 projects:

•  50 were PPPs; and

•  156 projects were procured via Traditional governmental budgetary processes.

 Table B.1 Summary of Projects included in analysis

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Source: ACG/University of Melbourne

Based on criteria 1 to 5, the final sample set of 54 projects was chosen for analysis and comprised:

•  21 PPP projects; and

•  33 traditional projects.

These projects have been grouped into the following categories:

•  Social infrastructure

•  Transport

•  Water and energy

•  Information Technology

A summary of the spread of projects by infrastructure category, location and procurement strategy is detailed in Table B.1 and summarised in Figure B.1.

The sample exhibits a good balance between each of the infrastructure categories and a good spread between States and procurement strategy. There are sufficient samples of both Social Infrastructure and Transport projects to consider the performance of these categories in detail. The sample size is not adequate to undertake specific analysis of either IT or Water and Energy projects. The choice of projects of similar complexity was undertaken on a state-by-state basis wherever possible.