Public private partnerships are arrangements between public and private sector entities for the purpose of providing public infrastructure, community facilities and related services. Such partnerships are characterized by the sharing of investment, risk, responsibility and reward between the partners. The reasons for establishing such partnerships vary but generally involve the financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure and services.

VABICO assists both public sector representatives and private sector entities with the following services in the area o Public Private Partnership projects:

• PPP policy and institutional framework development
• Project identification, screening and selection
• Feasibility analyses (technical, economic, tariff, and project financing)
• Transaction structuring, financing and procurement strategies
• Transaction bid and tender preparation, tendering/procurement assistance, and negotiation
• Bid evaluation, award and negotiation
• Contract and performance monitoring, contract compliance and dispute resolution