It is advisable for the public entity to start certain activities soon after the structure for the project is finalized and prior to the start of the procurement process. These activities include the following:
1. Land acquisition and starting to move utilities. These activities should be planned at this stage. The public entity needs to decide on the timing, implementation agency and costs for these on a case-to-case basis.
2. Funding arrangements
3. Approvals and clearances
4. Administrative approvals
5. Inter-departmental coordination
There is no particular prescribed sequence for these activities but it is useful to carry them out concurrently. In reality, a few of these activities would continue to take place even when the private partner is implementing the project.