State-initiated modifications are likely to occur during the life of most Partnerships Victoria projects to change the project assets or the contracted services performed by the private party. Typically, a State-initiated modification will involve the government party preparing a change request to issue to the private party in order for the private party to provide a proposal to the government party for design (if required), pricing and any other relevant information in relation to the State-initiated modification.
A material modification to the project may be treated as an augmentation (significant increase in the size of the asset or service requirements). Typically, the project deed will specify a process to agree and implement a State-initiated modification and augmentation.