7.2.1  Alternative TOC development processes

The Guide (and this Guidance Note) outlines three NOP selection processes for alliance contracting that utilise varying degrees of competition:

•  full price competition;

•  partial price competition; and

•  non-price competition.

The Guide outlines the significant differences between the three NOP selection processes as shown in Table 3 below.

Table 3: The three NOP selection processes compared - Key Proposal elements

Each of the three NOP selection processes, in the context of this Guidance Note, is compared further in the following sections.