After the Contract Manager is selected, the next task is defining the contract management team requirements, its structure and composition. The Contract Manager must communicate the requirements for the contract management team and its operations to the public entity at the Decision Making Level. The size of the team is required to be decided based on:
1. Size of project
2. Complexity of project Activities
3. Risks estimated and their potential consequences
4. Amount of regular duties each of the appointed officials is required to fulfil
Understanding the significance of the contract management team in post award contract management of PPPs; Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has issued "Guidelines on Institutional Mechanism for Monitoring PPP projects" which provides institutional level framework for monitoring of PPP projects within the Government of India. The guidelines document also provide for checklist with respect to constitution of a contract management team.