Ling, F Y Y; Kumaraswamy, M M; Dulaimi, M F and Khalfan, M (2011) Public private partnerships: Overcoming pre-contract problems faced by public clients and private providers in infrastructure projects in Singapore. International Journal of Construction Management, 11(1), pp. 63-77. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
After five years since their introduction, there remains a dearth of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Singapore. This paper aims to investigate the problems faced when using PPP arrangements and provide recommendations on how these can be surmounted. Face-to-face in-depth interviews with practitioners from the public and private sectors were conducted. The results show that the problems faced by public PPP clients are: difficulty in deciding if a public service could be bought using the PPP route; private providers' inability to innovate and understand clients' requirements; private sector's low capability in facilities management; and public sector's constantly changing needs. The difficulties faced by private providers are: inability to recoup expenditure; absence of a PPP champion; high tendering cost; criteria for awards are unclear; and risk allocation is unfair. Recommendations on how problems faced in the PPP pre-contract stage might be overcome are presented.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | client; pre-contract stage; public-private partnership; Singapore |
| Index terms: | interview, face, practitioner, facilities management, Singapore, private sector, partnership, public sector, risk allocation, public client, infrastructure project, public private partnership |
| Subjects: | practitioner, data collection methods, contractual arrangements, psychology, financial risk, Geography, management, administrative law, industry analysis, infrastructure and transport systems, sociology, partnership management |
| Topics: | Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions, Procurement, Cost Management, Business Strategy, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Organizational Design, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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