Ultimately, an integrated, collaborative team will be formed to undertake the alliance project. The Owner will consider the potential of each Proponent to form such a team as part of the tender selection process. Throughout the TOC development process, the Proponent's team will generally undertake some team development activities with the Owner's team (if approved by the Owner) and the proposed management team will meet regularly. This will provide the Proponent with the opportunity to showcase to the Owner its team's affinity with the Owner's team and ability to act in an interactive and collaborative manner to innovate, plan, design and cost the project. In doing so, the Proponent's team can also showcase their project management skills.
This also creates the opportunity for the Owner's selection panel to critically assess the Proponent team(s) and predict their future performance for the project. This observation of the team interaction, their behaviour, attitudes and performance will provide the Owner with insight about the integrated team's project delivery potential.
Some considerations for Owner participation are addressed in Chapter 8.