The value and complications of the partnership process and its difference from the traditional procurement and outsourcing transactions carried out by the Federal Entities require creating an effective organizational structure attracting competent and experienced cadres with wide and new knowledge of the PPP contracts entered into with the private sector in terms of financial, technical, legal, and regulatory aspects related to risk and contract management. Moreover, it require applying procedures and standards different from those that are applied by the Federal Entities according to the Cabinet Resolution No. (32) of 2014 on procurement regulation and storehouse management in federal government. Hence, the formation of a Technical Bureau is considered a key factor for the accumulation of the expertise required to provide the technical support, and for coordination and collaboration with different Federal Entities in considering and monitoring the implementation of the future joint projects with the Private Sector.
The global experiences, the international best practices, and the World Bank recommendations demonstrated the need to form a Technical Bureau dedicated to follow up and supervise the study and management of the PPP contracts between the public and private sectors. Indeed, the existence of this office is considered a key component of the success of the experience of applying partnership contracts. In order to ensure the success of this office to provide its services and achieve the objectives for which it has been formed, the concerned Federal Entity shall be involved in its work, in particular the decision-making process regarding designing and outsourcing the project and later in monitoring the implementation and evaluating the outcomes.
The Technical Bureau shall be established in the ministry of finance and will report directly to His Excellency the Minister. All proposals of the projects and initiatives that may be implemented by partnership contracts system shall be referred by the Technical Bureau to the Financial and Economic Committee, which in turn submit them to the Cabinet for final approval before proceeding with their implementation.
Hereunder a summary of parties concerned with implementing partnership contracts between Federal Entities and the private sector
1- The Cabinet
2- Financial and Economic Committee
4- Federal Entity concerned with the project
5- The private sector - Partner/Company that shall implement the Project
Work Mechanism of Technical Bureau when studying the developmental projects and initiatives:
Overview:
The Technical Bureau shall elaborate an action plan based on studying the developmental projects and initiatives that can be implemented through PPP, which are referred to it by Federal Entities or by the Financial and Economic Committee, focusing on giving the priority to the most important and more persisting projects to the government and society members.
This priority is assessed through analyses of the project economic conditions, and the project shall be of developmental and strategic importance to the State, and falls under the scope of the key sectors given high priority by the State; these sectors are mentioned below. This will contribute in enforcing economic diversity and motivate the role of Private Sector in participation with the Public Sector.