• FHWA Manual for Using PPPs on Highway Projects: Issued in November 2005, this manual is intended to provide a one-stop resource for States interested in pursuing Public-Private Partnerships and curious as to how Federal requirements apply. Although a summary document itself, it identifies links and references that will provide access to more detailed guidance for anyone interested in exploring a Public-Private Partnership.
• Synthesis of Public-Private Partnership Projects for Roads Bridges & Tunnels from Around the World - 1985-2004: This August 2005 report presents a synthesis of a comprehensive database of highway infrastructure projects from around the world financed or delivered through some form of public-private partnership (PPP). This synthesis provides insights into the nature and extent of highway infrastructure projects that have and are being advanced through various types of PPP contractual arrangements. They also reveal the predominant types and sizes of PPP contracts used in various regions and countries around the world for developing different types of highway infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and tunnels. The results of this synthesis are intended to inform those involved in the development, funding, or delivery of highway infrastructure regarding the worldwide use of PPPs to delivery highway and other forms of public use infrastructure.
• FHWA Report to Congress on PPPs: This report, issued in December 2004 by U.S. DOT, answers the questions posed by Congress and attempts to provide a resource document for States interested in using public-private partnerships as a method of procurement. The report is divided into five major sections: history and initiatives, value of public-private partnerships, impediments to their formation, stakeholder comments, and recommendations for removing those impediments. The value section is designed to help States considering public-private partnerships better understand the benefits of such an approach and some of the downsides. This report, however, is not designed to be a manual on how to use public-private partnerships as part of a State program. We have not addressed the myriad issues concerning when public-private partnerships should be used and how they should be negotiated. The report focuses on the questions posed by the House Report language and provides the background necessary to provide context for the answers to those questions.
• FHWA Office of International Programs: Contract Administration: Technology and Practice in Europe: In June 2001, a team comprised of Federal, State, contracting, legal, and academic representatives travelled to Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and England. Their mission was to investigate and document alternative contract administration procedures for possible implementation in the United States.
The scan team discovered that European highway agencies appear to be better at exploiting the efficiencies and resources that the private sector offers, through the use of innovative financing, alternative contracting techniques, design-build, concessions, performance contracting, and active asset management. European agencies have created contracts that focus on the users, while seeking to allocate risk appropriately and establish an atmosphere of trust in the implementation of procedures. The United States can directly and immediately employ many European procedures to help cope with its most urgent transportation needs.
The report discusses these European techniques in terms of procurement, contract types, and payment mechanisms. The report also addresses the following subjects: best-value selection, performance specifications, design-build, shadow tolls, public-private partnerships, concessions, and design-build-operate-maintain.
• FHWA Innovative Finance Quarterly: This quarterly newsletter, published by FHWA, provides information on the latest developments in Federally-sponsored innovative finance programs, such as TIFIA, GARVEE Bonds, and SIB transactions. It also features descriptions of innovative projects and programs of interest launched by state DOTs around the country. The newsletter also tracks legislative changes. Copies of all issues of the Quarterly dating back to 1997 are available on the FHWA Innovative Finance website, together with copies of FHWA's earlier Innovative Finance Newsletter.
• Current Toll Road Activity in the U.S.:A Survey and Analysis by FHWA.
• PPP Letter from former Secretary Mineta to Congressman Petri: This letter from former Secretary Mineta to Congressman Thomas Petri, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure commends the committee for holding a congressional hearing on highway public-private partnerships and provides a compressive list of the various programs active within U.S. DOT that support partnership projects