The primary role of technical consultant is to identify the outputs envisaged from the joint project and develop their technical specifications and the method of linking them with entitlements of the private partner. It also evaluates the potential technical solutions in the joint project design phase, proposes alternatives, and bears the responsibility for studying and analysing the technical proposals submitted by the competitors.
Technical consulting team consists of engineers with technical experience in the material aspects of the project in question. This matter requires specialisation in the concerned sector, ability to identify operational and investment requirements and familiarity with the technical aspects.
It is important that the technical consultant shall be highly experienced in the proposed joint project and in the concerned sector. Preferably, this experience shall be of a wide geographical reach because the technical studies are based on specific characteristics of the project in question and the lessons learned from similar projects that the Technical Consultant contributed in its implementation.
The technical consultant tasks require certain skills, including implementing engineering designs, estimating and calculating costs and quantities over the project life cycle, planning and predict demand activity, assessing assets, developing performance criterion and identifying investment requirements.