Evaluation Criteria

Importance of Criteria

Government funded D&C

Government funded Alliance

Government funded DBOM

Privately funded PPP

Operational Flexibility

The extent to which each procurement option enables the Government to retain flexibility in terms of the operational profile.

Risk Management

The extent to which each procurement option provides incentives effectively and efficiently to manage and reduce risks, thereby minimising the whole-of-life cost to the government.

Time to Deliver Project

The extent to which each procurement option is able to support achieving an operational supply by [X].

Market Interest

The extent to which each procurement option assists in maximising market interest amongst the appropriate players with the relevant skills, expertise and capacity to deliver the project.

Value for Money

The extent to which each procurement option assists in maximising the government's value-for-money from implementing the project.

•  Design and construction innovation

•  Other innovation factors

•  Whole-of-life cost considerations

•  Risk allocation

•  Competitive tension

•  Government development and tender costs and resources

•  External development and tender costs

Budget Certainty

The extent to which each procurement option assists in providing earlier budget certainty to the government.

Flexibility (Future Scope Changes)

The extent to which each procurement option assists the government in managing and implementing changes to the functional requirements of the project over time (particularly in relation to any variation in the required capacity of the plant).

Stakeholder Management

The extent to which each procurement option assists the government in managing stakeholders through the delivery of the project.

Overall Rating