The management of a PFI/PPP contract is a multi disciplinary activity due to the breadth and complexity of the issues coved by the Contract and the wide range of operational issue that could arise during the term of the Contract. No one individual will have deep expertise in all the areas the Contract Management Team will need to cover and is not realistic to attempt to train every team member in every aspect of every issue that could arise in the context of contract management . However it is worthwhile for the Contract Manager to review continually the skills and experience in the team and to consider whether any knowledge gaps could be eliminated through a specialist training course. This is particularly true when there is a change in the membership team.
WIDP offer training courses for Authority teams which focus on the practicalities of managing waste PFI/PP contracts (See Section 1.4.3) and are available to Authorities without charge.