2.1  Project timeline

This section considers the impact of any NZ opportunities on operational PPP contracts as they approach their natural end of contract. In April 2020, the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) published a guidance document setting out guidance around a programme approach to issues for consideration in relation to handback of facilities. Please see Appendix 4 - PPP Projects Nearing the End of Contract: A Programme Approach. There are over 20 projects that will reach the end of contract in the next decade.

For context, the following diagram illustrates the project timeline for a typical PPP project from construction to the post handback period: