IPPC6

1. Dr. Joe Saviak, Dr. Wendell Lawther & Dr. Lawrence Martin IPPC6 2014
Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Infrastructure
Challenges for State & Local Government Public Procurement in the United States

2. P3 & DBFOM Challenges
for U.S. Public Procurement
• Majority of U.S. infrastructure
“mediocre” or “poor”
$3.6 trillion needed
• Benefits of P3s
• Types of P3s - DBFOM
• State Enabling Legislation – type of
authority, unsolicited proposals, availability
payments & shadow tolls, lower level
authority, prior legislative approval &
non-compete clause

3. P3 & DBFOM Challenges
for U.S. Public Procurement
• Use of SPV
• 3 Case Examples:
Port of Miami Tunnel
I-495 Capital Beltway
Texas State Highway
• Need to re-design public procurement
policies & procedures in the U.S. to
facilitate greater use of P3s & DBFOMs &
ensure their success

4. • P3s & DBFOMs do not fit neatly into
traditional public procurement
policies and procedures in the U.S. –
pose specific set of challenges –
draw upon international experience
for solutions
• Institutional capacity
• Adapting traditional public
procurement to the partnership
model for P3s – private sector
partner providing the $ in DBFOM
P3 & DBFOM Challenges
for U.S. Public Procurement
Specific Challenges

5. • Project size must be sufficient to attract
private sector partners (e.g. US $100M)
– use of bundling
• Competitive dialogue instead of
traditional RFQ and RFP processes
• Designing/implementing long term
contracts (e.g. 30-50-99 years) – treat as
“incomplete contracts” - enhanced
flexibility, periodic review by partners,
user-friendly contract amendment
process, dispute resolution mechanism,
emphasis on PBC
P3 & DBFOM Challenges
for U.S. Public Procurement
Specific Challenges

6. • No progress payments – don’t
change the incentive structure
of the P3
• Need to utilize international
best practices for public
procurement & P3s to rethink
& re-engineer traditional
public procurement policies &
procedures among state &
local govts. in the U.S. to
ensure positive outcomes with
P3s and DBFOMs
P3 & DBFOM Challenges
for U.S. Public Procurement
Specific Challenges

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References

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References

10. Dr. Joe Saviak
Flagler College
jsaviak@flagler.edu
Dr. Lawrence Martin
University of Central Florida
lawrence.martin@ucf.edu
Dr. Wendell Lawther
University of Central Florida
wendell.lawther@ucf.edu
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11. Dr. Joe Saviak, Dr. Wendell Lawther & Dr. Lawrence Martin IPPC6 2014
Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Infrastructure
Challenges for State & Local Government Public Procurement in the United States