NCPPP supports Congressional adoption of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission's recommendations for the development of a centralized repository for PPP best practices, guidelines to address transparency and strategies for accountability. The federal government, in conjunction with organizations representing transportation professionals, industry leaders, project administrators and academic directors should work to achieve this goal within a jointly managed "Center of Excellence". This Center would assist state level public authorities with statutory language that defines a clear procurement process, develop standardized contract terms and the creation of dedicated units within their states to develop and monitor agreement performance. Through the efforts of the Center, bid practices would become more standardized, as would contracts and other project specific documentation, promoting sound market concepts that will reduce costs while addressing national infrastructure needs. NCPPP recommends that this Center promote the formation of similar state-level PPP support programs as illustrated in Texas, California, Michigan and Virginia.