Place: Madrid
November 04- November 08/2024 : Madrid
Introduction
This Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Contract Management training course will provide an insight into how the public-private partnership (PPP) project delivery model can be used to meet the challenges of funding contracts for infrastructure projects and services. It will take you through the key stages of PPP development and implementation.
This IACT training course will focus on how best to manage the PPP procurement process; identifying, assessing and allocating the principal risks in structuring the PPP contract, and other key issues that need to be considered in managing these long term high risk contracts. Exposure to both of the commercial landscape and background to PPP as well as its implementation will promote greater understanding of its place in infrastructure procurement.
This IACT training course will provide you :
Þ Discussions on the dynamics of PPPs
Þ How key risk areas can be managed
Þ The use of PPPs in different sectors and services
Þ The roles and relationships of public and private parties
Þ Focus on principal ways PPP contracts can be properly managed
Objectives
By the end of this IACT training course, participants will be able to:
Þ Describe the principal types of PPPs
Þ Appreciate the benefits and challenges of such projects
Þ Analyse the principal risk areas and issues common to all PPPs
Þ Explain the PPP procurement process
Þ Identify key PPP contract clauses
Who Should Attend?
Þ This IACT training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals involved in the development, appraisal, implementation and management of PPPs, and will particularly benefit:
Þ Project and contracts personnel in both public and private sectors
Þ Government officials, ministries, public sector agencies
Þ Project financiers, developers, sponsors, consultants
Þ Risk management personnel
Þ Auditors and comptrollers
Course Methodology
The course uses self-assessments and a wide mix of business cases that promote healthy discussions around the importance of managing multiple tasks, deadlines and priorities. Participants will benefit from role plays covering workplace challenges related to handling tasks, deadlines and priorities. They will learn how to deal with conflicts that may arise as a result. Interactive team exercises are also used with each team presenting their findings and comments.
Each module covers different aspects of using Game-Based Learning and Gamification in education. Coursework will incorporate
your existing knowledge and experience and provide helpful learning environment with a good mix of theoretical and practical knowledge. On all outlines will apply Skills for Game-Based Learning and Gamification and practiced in hands-on, collaborative way within an international group setting.
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:
- 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
- 30% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
- 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
- 20% Videos, Software & General Discussions
Pre and Post Test
Outline
DAY 1: Aims of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Contract Management
Dynamics of PPPs
Þ Competency Description: As a project/contract professional you need to understand the background and challenges of PPP infrastructure procurement.
Þ Appreciate the nature of PPPs
Þ Understand the scope and structure of PPPs
Þ Recognise the challenges both public and private sectors face
Þ Understand how PPPs are financed
Identify the principal limitations of PPPs
Þ Commercial landscape and background to PPPs
Þ PPP types and structures
Þ How PPPs are financed
Þ Implications of fiscal commitments
Þ Limitations and pitfalls of PPP procurement
DAY 2 : Development and Implementation of a PPP Transaction
Þ Competency Description: As a project/contract professional you need to develop an understanding of the key stages and inputs of PPP infrastructure procurement.
Þ Develop an appropriate procurement strategy
Þ Understand how to develop an output specification
Þ Identify key qualification and evaluation criteria
Þ Appreciate what financial close means
Þ Understand how to deal with unsolicited bids
Þ Procurement strategies
Þ Stakeholder Essentials for an Ideal Contract
Þ Managing the bid process
Þ Performance-based output specifications
Þ Reaching financial close
Þ Dealing with unsolicited bids
DAY 3 :Structuring the PPP Contract
Þ Competency Description: As a project/contract professional you need to be able to identify, assess and allocate the principal risks associated with the PPP form of procurement.
Þ Identify key risk areas in PPP contracts
Þ Be able to interpret performance requirements
Þ Understand payment structures and mechanisms
Þ Recognise how to manage and resolve disputes
Þ Appreciate principal triggers to termination
Þ Identification, assessment and allocation of principal risks
Þ Success Factors of Contract Negotiations
Þ Challenges to Contract Negotiation
Þ Tracking contract costs
DAY 4 : Managing Other Key Elements of PPP Contracts
Þ Competency Description: As a project/contract professional you need to understand and manage other key risk areas under a PPP contract.
Þ Distinguish between relief and compensation events
Þ Understand price and payment issues
Þ Identify types of warranty and guarantee
Þ Recognise other key liability issues
Þ Understand the nature of ‘step-in’ rights
Þ Compensation and other relief events
Þ Price and payment terms
Þ Warranties, guarantees and Indemnities
Þ Intellectual property
Þ ‘Step-in’ rights
DAY 5: Operation of the PPP Contract
Þ Competency Description: As a project/contracts professional you need to develop both qualitative and quantitative management skills to support the long term nature of PPP contracts.
Þ Appreciate the nature of the relationship between public and private partners
Þ Understand ways of monitoring delivery and risk
Þ Recognise how to deal with change
Þ Develop a practical ability to manage contract expiry
Þ Identify key elements of asset handover
Þ Relationship management between public and private partners
Þ Monitoring performance delivery and risk
Þ Managing contract expiry
Þ Resistance by one or more contract partners
Þ Lack of experienced and skilled contract managers
Þ Foreseeing and addressing contractual change
Fees:
The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is: 5.250USD$
Schedule:
08:30 – 10:15 First Session
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:15 Second Session
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 Third Session