These Guidelines provide a framework that enables both the public and private sectors to work together to improve public service delivery through private sector provision of infrastructure and related non-core services.
The Guidelines describe a competitive and transparent mechanism to pursue opportunities that bring together the ideas, experience and skills of both sectors to develop innovative solutions to meet the community’s needs, expectations and aspirations.
The aim is to deliver improved services and better value for money, primarily through appropriate risk transfer, encouraging innovation, greater asset utilisation and integrated whole-of-life asset management.
Private provision of infrastructure and non-core services does not mean privatisation of public services. The Government will continue to deliver core services. While the distinction between core and non-core services will be determined case by case, teaching services in education and clinical services in health for example are core services. All projects covered by these Guidelines will undergo an evaluation to ensure they are in the public interest.