Exhibit 6.5 Administrative Issues and Strategies Used to Address Them for International Transportation PPP Projects

Exhibit 6.5 Administrative Issues and Strategies Used to Address Them for International Transportation PPP Projects

Issues

Strategies

Challenge of resolving disputes between public and private partners to a PPP

Held project team forums during both design and construction phases to discuss and resolve various administrative and other issues that could have impacted the project cost and schedule. These forums involved senior managers of the public sponsor agency and the private concession team.

Held various technical forums to address and resolve more specialized (technical) issues, involving technical representatives of the public sponsor agency and the private concession team.

Quality, cost, schedule, and performance risks during concession term

Ensured that the concession team had a long-term commitment to the reject and the technical capability and experience to perform the project consistent with the terms of the PPP contract.

The public sponsor agency delegated technical quality approval (quality control) to the concession team to expedite the project schedule.

Create a positive partnership relationship among all members of the PPP from the beginning of the contract and extending throughout the contract.

How to hold the concession team accountable for project performance according to the terms of the contract

Have the public sponsor agency require an annual report by the concession team describing the performance results relative to standards or targets contained in the contract, such as: traffic volume, traffic revenue, network improvements, maintenance results, emergency response, crashes, claims, equipment requirements, lane closures, and structural inspection results.

Have the public sponsor agency use regular inspection, preventive treatments, and asset management to preserve the facility and minimize lane closures (down time) that could reduce traffic flow and limit shadow toll or regular toll revenues.

Start-up problems with facility operator unfamiliar with the implementation of new electronic toll collection technology

The public sponsor intervened to resolve technology implementation problems by conducting tests to ensure the electronic toll collection system properly functioned.

Challenge of attracting sufficient private sector interest in PPP to ensure a competitive procurement process

Numerous consortia expressed interest in the project as a result of several prior successful PPPs that were highly profitable for the concessionaires or operators.

Risk of entering a PPP relationship with an untried consortium

National and provincial government agencies established effective working relationships between project sponsors and private project providers, including both domestic and foreign investors, construction companies, and operators comprising the private sector portion of the PPP.

Risk of changing design standards during PPP development process

The public sponsor agency assumed responsibility for paying the costs resulting from project design standards that occurred during the 8-year in the project caused by organized environmental and community opposition to the project.