Governments striving to respond to compelling community needs may set priorities that require a project to be completed in the fastest possible time. The collaborative processes in the alliance delivery method may, in selected cases, allow the project to commence earlier than an alternative procurement methodology. However, there may be a cost premium associated with this early start, and therefore it is important for the Business Case and/or procurement options analysis to fully alert government decision-makers to this premium.
The business-as-usual approach to project delivery should be to determine what is best-for-state and best-for-project. Accordingly, this policy does not support alliance contracting as the default approach to delivering an infrastructure project. Agencies should be conscious to ensure that alliancing is used when it is the best procurement strategy for achieving the government's investment objectives and has the best potential to offer Value-for-Money, and not when the Business Case has been inadequately planned, simply because significant time pressures apply to delivery of the project or where the project's scope is poorly defined.