Calculation of direct costs

Direct costs are those costs that can be customized or linked to a particular service. Such costs may be calculated by the following:

A.  The recent public sector projects to provide the same service or infrastructure.

B.  If there are no projects recently carried out for comparison and measurement, then the best estimates shall be made based on the costs of similar projects in neighboring countries.

Direct costs shall be classified according to the following categories:

A.  Capital costs.

B.  Maintenance costs.

C.  Operational Costs.