Funding structures

11.25  One of the major areas of difference between different financial models is likely to be the funding structure. At the earlier stages of procurement, each participant should have appointed a financial adviser who will have commenced work on developing a funding structure and incorporating it in the financial model. However, funding terms will not be fully developed until later in the process.

11.26  By the time that a preferred participant is being selected, there should be support in the form of draft funding agreements approved by financiers that reflect the terms modelled.