B. Dedicate appropriate resources to assessing a change of ownership including external advisors as necessary

The Procuring Authority should ensure that it has the necessary financial, legal and technical capabilities to assess a request for a change of ownership. As will be clear from the range of factors described above that need to be considered when assessing a request for change of ownership, substantial efforts may need to be undertaken to achieve this. Similarly, some aspects of the approval process may need legal input, such as what is meant by 'unreasonably withholding' approval of a change of ownership. A technical assessment will need to be made on whether the Project Company will still be able to comply with its obligations under the PPP contract with the new equity investor. If the Procuring Authority does not have the relevant financial, technical or legal expertise in-house, it should appoint external advisors to assist. The use of external advisors is detailed in Section 2.1 (Contract management team set-up).