<1> Practitioners Guide, Partnerships Victoria (June 2001).

Chapter 12 (pages 46-48) describes the steps taken in final negotiations of the
PPP
contract http://www.partnerships.vic.gov.au/CA25708500035EB6/0/6223D96175BAEF08CA25 70C0001966C3?OpenDocument

<2> E. R. Yescombe, Public-Private Partnerships: Principles of Policy and Finance,
Elsevier (2007), ISBN: 978-0-7506-8054-7.

Section 6.3.8 offers a concise discussion about the risks of post-bid negotiations
(as opposed to clarifications and fine tuning) after the preferred bidder has been
selected.