The Not So Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Over Twelve Years of PPP in Ireland

Reeves, Eoin

doi:10.1080/03003930.2013.781023

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“…There is some evidence of problems with PPP procurement of water service projects (see, e.g., Reeves 2011) and social housing PPPs (see Hearne 2009;Reeves 2013). To examine the question of PPP procurement further it is instructive to use a casestudy approach.…”

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PPP Procurement in Ireland: An Analysis of Tendering Periods

Reeves

Palcic

Flannery

2014

Local Government Studies

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The relative complexity of procurement under public-private partnership (PPP) means that tendering periods can be longer compared to traditional procurement models. Reducing the tendering period is therefore an important challenge if PPP is to deliver infrastructure on time and within budget. Using data from 59 PPP projects in Ireland we find that the average tendering period has been 34 months. Analysis using duration analysis shows that tendering periods have fallen over time and are positively but not strongly associated with the capital value of projects. Tendering periods are longer for projects that do not involve private finance with the majority of such projects procured by local authorities. We use two case studies of PPP procurement to explore these issues further. Both cases highlight the complex array of factors that can impact on tendering periods some of which are outside the control of the procurement authority.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

PPP Procurement in Ireland: An Analysis of Tendering Periods

Reeves

Palcic

Flannery

2014

Local Government Studies

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“…International research on PPP performance shows that PPPs do not always meet the proclaimed expectations (e.g. on‐time and on‐budget delivery, value for money; Bloomfield ; Hodge and Greve ; NAO , ; Osborne ; Pollitt ; Reeves ; Shaoul ; Siemiatycki and Farooqi ). Sometimes they do, sometimes they do not.…”

Section: In Need Of Reorientation: Towards a Broad Notion Of Ppp Perfmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ten Lessons from Ten Years PPP Experience in Belgium

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In 2004 Flanders, the northern region of Belgium launched a range of large public–private partnership (PPP) projects for a total value of 6 billion euros. Ten years later, PPP has become a well‐embedded procurement method for long‐term public infrastructure projects. This article makes a critical ‘round‐up’ of PPP experience in Belgium based on the perspectives of infrastructure professionals who were asked to provide their views on performance‐related issues in PPP projects. Two workshops were held to further enrich the input and ideas. Based on this empirical material this article formulates 10 lessons to improve PPP performance, which is deliberately broadly defined. It argues that the dominant ‘value for money’ evaluations, following strictly financial or commercial logics (in both the private and public sectors), need to be broadened. Given the large impact and cost of large infrastructure projects on society, broader societal and spatial contributions of PPPs are needed.

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“…In Ireland, the first wave of PPP commenced in 1999 and to date has resulted in more than €6 billion of investment in public services and infrastructure. As a result, one analyst observed that “the reach of the private sector in terms of its input into public service delivery has been greatly extended” (Reeves :375). PPP have been used to keep capital investment “off‐balance sheet” in the short term, but payments over the long term mean that the net fiscal benefits are not necessarily present.…”

Section: Public–private Partnershipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptualising European Privatisation Processes After the Great Recession

Mercille

Murphy

2015

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A wave of privatisation is unfolding in Europe in the wake of the financial crisis, but it has yet to receive serious scholarly attention. This paper examines the case of Ireland, where an austerity strategy and European Union International Monetary Fund bailout conditionality have given impetus to the transfer of public assets to the private sector. Theoretically, the paper explains the roots of the phenomenon with reference to a reformulated concept of "accumulation by dispossession" whose usefulness lies in emphasising the politico-economic drivers of privatisation, which have been neglected in the mainstream literature. A typology is presented that argues that accumulation by dispossession manifests itself, in practice, through four main processes: (1) private repossession of assets nationalised during the financial crisis; (2) restructuring of state-owned enterprises; (3) commodification of assets and services hitherto located outside the market; and (4) privatised stimulus through public-private partnerships. The paper's framework should be useful to conceptualise ongoing privatisation processes in other European countries.

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The Not So Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Over Twelve Years of PPP in Ireland

Cited by 61 publications

References 22 publications

PPP Procurement in Ireland: An Analysis of Tendering Periods

PPP Procurement in Ireland: An Analysis of Tendering Periods

Ten Lessons from Ten Years PPP Experience in Belgium

Conceptualising European Privatisation Processes After the Great Recession

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