New Zealand PPP procurement process

The New Zealand PPP procurement process typically involves the following stages:

- EOI stage: The procuring agency conducts an open process to short list respondents who will be invited to participate in the Request for Proposals (RFP) stage.

- RFP stage: The short listed respondents develop detailed Proposals for delivering the outcomes sought by the project. Proposals include asset designs, a service solution, a fully developed financing solution and set out governance and management arrangements.

- Preferred Bidder (PB) stage: The procuring agency selects and negotiates with the PB, including resolving any legal, financial and/or design issues with the Proposal identified during the RFP evaluation.

- Commercial and Financial Close stage: The completion of negotiations, including signing the project agreement and completion of the financing arrangements, as well as the final determination of the price.

Table 1: New Zealand PPP projects

Project

Procuring agency

Status

Hobsonville Schools PPP

Ministry of Education

Completed and operational

Auckland South Correctional Facility (Wiri)

Department of Corrections

Completed and operational

Transmission Gully expressway

New Zealand Transport Agency

Under construction (opening 2020)

Schools 2 PPP

Ministry of Education

Partially operational

Auckland East Prison PPP

Department of Corrections

Under construction (opening 2018)

Pūhoi to Warkworth highway

New Zealand Transport Agency

Under construction (opening 2022)

Schools PPP3

Ministry of Education

PB stage (contractual close expected April 2017)

Waikeria Prison

Department of Corrections

EOI stage (contractual close expected 2018)