Capital Insight has extensive experience in Public Private Partnerships (PPP) or Privately Financed Projects (PFP).  We understand how Public Private Partnerships provide an approach for government to achieve better value for money by contracting with a private sector consortium for the delivery and ongoing management of a facility or service compared with conventional approaches.  This is only achieved, however, through appropriate risk transfer to the 'partner', to capitalise on innovation and efficiencies, and via a long-term and output-based performance contract.

Successful PPP projects involve a team with a wide range of knowledge and capabilities who:

• understand client processes and define and document the client's needs

• can initially assess and then ensure appropriate services are incorporated into the project

• can project costs for the in-house (Public Sector Comparator) alternative

• undertake affordability and public interest analysis and engage the interest of the market

• direct specialist advisers and lead the negotiation

• manage the tender and evaluation process

• represent the client in the early and intensive phases of implementation.

Our team has achieved this on a range of projects for government and is well positioned to replicate this success for all new projects.  On a recent project the probity adviser commented to the client that the process has been '...one of the best ones I've ever seen'.  Capital Insight works on the client side of the transactions, so as to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. We have played major roles on a range of PPP projects including:

• PPP Transactions for Health ($300 million)

• Inner West Community Health Centre ($7 million)

• New Defence Headquarters Joint Operation Command Project ($300 million)

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