Glossary of Contents

Assets

Assets of the project

 

Bid

Bid for the specific project

 

Bidder

Advisor or Consortium of advisors Bidding for a specific project

 

Capex

Capital expenditures related to the project

 

Consortium

A number of advisors committed to Bidding together for a project

 

Deliverables

Outputs of a project

 

Department of Finance (DoF)

The Dubai Department of Finance

 

EOI

Expression of Interest

 

Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study addressing the project

 

Final Approval

The Final Approval provided by the public entity for a specified project

 

Government Entity (GE)

All entities that are subject to the general budget of the Government, or as otherwise approved by the Supreme Fiscal Committee

 

Partnership Committee

Committee formed by the Government Entity under the Article 11 of the PPP Law

 

Partnership Contract / Agreement

The contract signed between a public entity and a private sector entity

 

Performance Monitoring

Monitoring of private sector performance in delivering contracted partnership projects

 

Pipeline of Priority Projects

Planned important projects by Dubai Government Entities

 

PPP

Public Private Partnership

 

PPP Law

The Dubai Public Private Partnership Law No. (22) of 2015 Regulating PPP in the Emirate of Dubai

 

PPP Project

Public Private Partnership project

 

Priority Projects

Projects identified as high priority by the Department of Finance - Dubai

 

Private Party

A private business entity conducting business in accordance with the laws of the UAE

 

Project Concept Report

A report which serves as an overview and brief description of the project

 

RFP

Request for Proposal

 

RFQ

Request for Qualifications

 

Risk Allocation

The Risk Allocation between the private and public parties in a PPP Project

 

Screening

Validation of a project

 

Stakeholders

Parties involved in a project and/or have impact on a project

 

Supreme Fiscal Committee (SFC)

Dubai Government Supreme Fiscal Committee

 

Technical Advisor

The advisor put forward on a project to handle technical aspects of a procurement

 

Threshold

Financial limit

 

Timeline

Specified Timeline for activities and milestones

 

Transaction Advisor

Consortium of Financial, Technical and legal advisors, assisting the Government Entity to evaluate and procure the project