The establishment of the Project Team should be on the basis that members can continue in their roles throughout the project planning and procurement phases (as far as practical, including transition to the delivery team) and have sufficient capacity to be able to undertake their role.
The Project Team members will generally include an appropriately qualified and experienced Project Director, NSW Treasury member(s) and Responsible Agency representatives, as well as appropriately qualified and experienced commercial, financial, accounting, technical (including planning approvals), operational, and legal experts. All advisers should have clear lines of accountability and be provided with clear and comprehensive instructions from the relevant Responsible Agency representative.
NSW Treasury should be involved in the selection of the Project Director, commercial and financial adviser and legal adviser. Responsible Agencies should contact NSW Treasury for templates for inviting proposals from advisers and evaluating submitted proposals.
The Project Director should be appointed as soon as practicable. For likely PPPs, it is beneficial to engage a Project Director during the Business Case stage (also refer to section 7).
The Project Director should have the appropriate delegations to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in progressing work streams and meeting the project timetable.