Private finance for the delivery of school projects in England

Aritua, Bernard; Smith, N. J. T.; Athiyo, R.

doi:10.1680/mpal.2008.161.4.141

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“…Apart from the conditions of contract, the output specification is an important document translating the agreed risk transfer into contractual terms (Aritua et al , 2008). It delineates the obligations of the private sector contractor and the measures to take in case of shortfalls happening to mitigate against the loss of utility by target users or to compensate the public sector to a certain extent, at least in financial terms.…”

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Output‐based specifications for PPP projects: lessons for facilities management from Australia

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Lam

Zou

2013

Journal of Facilities Management

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the challenges faced by the public and private sectors in developing output specifications for Australian public private partnership (PPP) projects. In particular, this study aims to examine how the stakeholders (including facilities managers) should cater for future changes in output specifications and make them flexible enough to meet the evolving project objectives.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on 19 semi‐structured interviews with key stakeholders from the public and private sectors in three States of Australia where PPP procurement has been used, including New South Wales (NSW), Queensland and Victoria. The results are triangulated with relevant literature for supports and contrasts.FindingsFor PPP projects, a good set of output specifications is conducive to the achievement of value for money, innovation, risk transfer, whole life asset performance through a clear abatement regime and an effective linkage of performance criteria to the payment mechanism. For existing specifications, it was found that too many and complex KPIs were specified, which were difficult to monitor, measure and implement by the client. Very prescriptive specifications hindered innovations and did not allow appropriate risk allocation. Further, the research study suggests that after the global financial crises, the private sector had less appetite to take the patronage risks in road and rail PPP projects. To mitigate these pitfalls, it is imperative that output specifications need to be aligned with the type of PPP projects they represent; in particular foreseeable changes should be addressed by some pre‐agreed framework to facilitate negotiation.Originality/valueThe significant contribution of this research is the identification of the common issues faced in drafting output specifications for Australian PPP projects. Stakeholders of future PPP projects should find the lessons useful for achieving value for money and appropriate risk transfer, stating the user requirements through clear and concise output specifications rather than input or prescriptive specifications in procuring social and economical PPP projects. Their relationships with facilities management are highlighted.

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Output‐based specifications for PPP projects: lessons for facilities management from Australia

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Lam

Zou

2013

Journal of Facilities Management

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“…In order to achieve these objectives, the public sector client requirements should be clearly defined in the output specification. If the strategic vision of public sector is clear, the outline design and output specification provides an adequate scope for the private contractors to provide innovative alternative solutions to meet the client's requirements (Aritua et al, 2008). The output specification has changed the attitude of specifying the building and service requirements, concentrating on the performance aspects which are important to clients (McDowall, 1999).…”

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A model framework of output specifications for hospital PPP/PFI projects

2013

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Purpose -Social infrastructure projects such as hospitals are increasingly being procured through public private partnerships (PPP). Due to their complex nature and very high operational requirements, these healthcare projects need special attention in developing robust output specifications at the early procurement stage. The purpose of this paper is to present a model framework of output specifications for adoption by public sector clients in jurisdictions planning to develop hospital PPP/PFI (Private Finance Initiative) projects. Design/methodology/approach -The research is based on an in-depth analysis of best practices from standard and sample project output specification documents used in Australia and the UK for completed hospital projects, reinforced by interviews with key stakeholders in the two countries. Findings -Drafting output specifications for hospital PPP projects is perceived to be a difficult and challenging task due to the complexity and changing needs brought about by evolving health policy, technology and medical advancement. The overarching target of preparing good output specification is to achieve value for money, innovation, risk transfer (including catering for changes), whole life asset performance and establishing performance criteria to link up with the payment mechanism. Practical/implications -The proposed framework is built up from public sector requirements on the physical asset, operational services provided by the private sector, with links to payment mechanism and performance evaluation. It also addresses change mechanism as well as conditions upon hand-over back to the public sector. Originality/value -Unlike traditional projects which are procured using prescriptive specifications, PPP/PFI projects are procured using performance based output specifications. This paper provides the foundation and a model framework for preparing comprehensive output specifications based on best practices in Australia and the UK, using hospital as the contextual background.

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“…Similar experiences can be found in the UK. In line with the UK government's drive to pursue a knowledge-based economy, the "Building Schools for the Future" (BSF) was launched in 2003 as a long-term programme of DBFM investments and change in the English school system (Aritua, Smith, & Athiyo, 2008;Liu & Wilkinson, 2014). Difficulties in BSF arose from not sorting out strategic issues and instituting appropriate organizational frameworks before engaging the private sector, resulting in a lack of clarity about the long-term needs and end-user aspirations of such long-term public-private collaborations (Aritua et al, 2008;Liu & Wilkinson, 2014).…”

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The balancing act

Kuitert

2021

Architecture and the Built Environment

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Public bodies acting in the construction industry have to deal with major transitional issues, such as globalization and urbanization, population ageing, climate change and digitalization. Moreover, the public domain, private parties and society are becoming increasingly interdependent. As a result, safeguarding public values in the built environment has become ever more complex. Public bodies face the challenge to adhere to collective public values while confronted with private and societal values of external partners. This means that they have to deal with value pluralism and value-conflicts. In research, scarce attention has been paid to providing guidance to practitioners for dealing with multi-value trade-offs in operational processes. Hence, this research provides a construction-sector specific operationalization and a network perspective to the field of public value research. This research highlights the important role to be played by public commissioning in terms of safeguarding public values. It consists of three qualitative studies that utilize a range of different methods, including interviews, observations and document analysis. By this the research provides a contemporary perspective through which to study and execute the safeguarding of public values by public clients in the transition towards network governance in the construction industry. The dynamics of the sector-specific value interests of public construction clients, the occurrence of value conflicts in commissioning, and the safeguarding processes within both internal and external commissioning are studied. The practical implications derived from the research were translated into a value dialogue tool that can be used by public construction clients to professionalize safeguarding in their daily practice.

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Private finance for the delivery of school projects in England

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Output‐based specifications for PPP projects: lessons for facilities management from Australia

Output‐based specifications for PPP projects: lessons for facilities management from Australia

A model framework of output specifications for hospital PPP/PFI projects

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