Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation will accept unsolicited proposals, usually through SIOs.
In addition to meeting all the criteria identified in Section 5, Feasibility Analysis, the unsolicited proposal must satisfy;
• The need for the project must be clearly demonstrated and must reflect government priorities (Capital Plan).
• The project must be clearly defined and based on a sound business case.
• The proponent is qualified to enter into a P3 arrangement.
• The P3 arrangement must clearly show how the risks are shared between the proponent, SIO and the department.
• The proposal must be supported by the SIO and program ministry.
A fair, transparent and accountable review and selection process will be used;
• The P3RC will determine if the proposal is in the public interest as demonstrated through the Opportunity Paper.
• The P3RC will determine whether another proponent is interested in entering into a competitive process to provide the same facility or service. To do so, the department may issue a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI). The REOI will protect the initial proponent's proprietary information.
• If there are other interested proponents, P3RC will advise the SIO/proponent that the competitive procurement process will be followed.
• If there is no other proponent is interested the SIO/proponent will be advised to provide a full business case analysis. Upon approval of the business case, the department would negotiate with the proponent using the PSC and Shadow Bid as its value for money benchmarks.
• If after review by the P3RC, the proposal is not deemed supportable, the P3RC will inform the SIO, program ministry and proponent that either the proposal does not meet the established criteria (with reasons) or what additional information is required to complete the analysis.