3.2.3  Project Scope

In this section, the PPP Project Team should outline:

  The Assets that will be used for the project;

  Any land that will need to be required for the purpose of the project; and,

  Environmental and associated regulatory approvals that the Government Entity (or the Preferred Bidder, eventually) will have to gain in order to proceed with construction.

The PPP Project Team must update the Project's scope once the relevant Due Diligence study (see Section 3.3) is complete. In addition, a list of key considerations and rationale adopted for the allocation of responsibility is also recommended to be prepared. In order to prepare these documents, the PPP Project Team should define the specific roles the private sector and the government will play in the project, and their respective project-specific responsibilities. This aims to provide further clarity on the party that will make payments to contracted third parties, the party that will be responsible for operation and maintenance services, and the party that will be responsible for utility provision, amongst other miscellaneous administrative and operative functions. This allocation of roles will be broadly described, and will be subject to change following the benchmarking of similar projects and the market sounding exercise.