A new and recent model that has been developed and utilized is the "Alliance Model" or the so-called "E-MAC Model" (used in UK), and what is now termed as the "Leadership Model". At writing of this report, the only target country to tender this model for maintenance is England (Highways Agency). Some parts of the "Alliance Model" for capital projects are quite similar, but there is no virtual alliance organization formed and there are other issues since the road is already built and now needs to be maintained. The tendering process is similar to the capital investment Alliance Model" in that the service provider is chosen via 100% quality requirements and a target price is subsequently determined. The contract duration can vary and the Highways Agency model is for 7 years. Depending upon the performance of the alliance team, a pain and gain up to a maximum of 15% is applied to the contract sum similar to the capital model. The "Leadership Model" attempts to solve some of the relationship type issues, and the service provider is paid upon actual work plus a fixed rate of overhead and profit, which has the potential to reduce conflicts.
This model is also being considered to be used in Australia and in New Zealand, but no information is available at the time of this study. The results for this model are indeterminate and will require some follow-up and further de-tails. However, as expected in the capital project model, it has potential and value to be piloted and experimented.