Tasks and Duties of Technical Bureau

• Study projects and initiatives submitted by the Federal Entities, assess their viability to be implemented under PPP nodel and prepare a report on its recommendations to Financial and Economic Committee for further study and approval.

• Study proposals solicited by Financial and Economic Committee, assess economic and technical feasibility studies of these proposals and provide proper recommendations on tendering them for investors, including its recommendations on selection of best type of PPP model.

• Prepare or revise the legal studies of the projects to avoid any conflict with applicable laws and legislations.

• Develope and unify the concepts of partnership projects and setting (standard - technical) criteria to implement the same pursuant to the applicable laws and preparing the preliminary feasibility studies through selecting competent and qualified consultants.

• Supervising the preparation of the detailed feasibility studies and offering partnership projects with the private sector in coordination with the concerned Federal Entity.

• Provide technical support with local government entities, if required.

• Provide technical support for the concerned Federal Entity to complete awarding the projects to the wining investor and supervise the establishment of the project company, if required.

• Studying financing market mechanisms and helping in provision of financing at reasonable rates.

• Developing the project-risk matrix and control systems required to control the risks or mitigate its impacts to the minimum.

• Prepare or supervise and revise the Matrix of risk distribution among parties to partnership contract.

• Prepare standard forms of PPP contracts, which contain the main terms and conditions to be met and submitting the same to Financial and Economic Committee for approval. In addition, revising the contracts before signing thereon by the stakeholders.

• Setting up a schedule for projects' implementation, and developing a follow-up mechanism and the major key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used to measure and assess business performance or service quality.

• Following-up the project implementation and providing the necessary technical assistance to Federal Entities throughout the project period .

• Preparing semi-annual/annual report on the proposed developmental and strategic projects and submitting thereof to the Financial and Economic Committee for approval, in preparation for submitting the same to the cabinet for implementing or rejecting the project.

• Assessing projects that are nearing completion and submitting proper recommendations concerning them to the Financial and Economic Committee.