A survey, sent via e-mail blast to SMPS members, was open from December 17, 2009 through January 13, 2010. The purpose of the survey was to solicit input regarding the prevalence and types of public-private partnerships and level of involvement of SMPS members' firms. The results are shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Survey Response Rate
Survey Distribution | Numbers |
Email blast sent to | 5,283 |
Email blast delivered to | 5,206 |
Email blast opened by | 1,305 |
Email blast forwarded | 48x |
Survey visited | 117x |
Complete responses | 39 |
While the information received may not be statistically relevant due to the size of the response pool, we believe it is indicative of trends and thoughts regarding PPPs and, therefore, worthy of discussion. However, we assume the survey respondents are those firms involved or familiar with public-private partnerships and therefore the data is likely skewed in a pro-PPP direction.
Our assumptions about PPPs when we started the survey were:
• PPPs are on the rise
• SMPS firms are becoming increasingly involved in PPPs
• SMPS members believe that infrastructure is in need of work and private investment