By comparison, other international jurisdictions such as the UK and Canada are releasing more projects to the market annually than is Australia, even after adjusting for their larger populations. Some key strategies implemented by these jurisdictions include:
• committing to the PPP procurement model as the default for major projects that meet certain minimum general criteria indicating that this model is likely to result in the best value for money, unless there are specific factors favouring another procurement method
• putting in place a strong pipeline of smaller PPP projects under 'framework' type agreements that streamline processes and reduce bid costs in sectors with a high number of PPP projects
• maintaining a database about planned construction projects across the public sector (such as the database maintained by the to Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the UK)
• making key public announcements in respect of large scale infrastructure plans (such as Canada's seven-year "Building Canada" infrastructure initiative)
• clear criteria, applied consistently, for determining whether projects become PPPs.