Due to the extensive timeframes and the transfer of risk towards the preferred special purpose vehicle, there is more value at stake in public-private partnership projects in relation to traditional public procurement projects. The contractual complexity and the high bidding cost are open...

This document (of 147 pages) contains the proceedings of a one-day roundtable on competition issues relating to government procurement, held at the OECD in June 1998. The publication includes submissions from 12 OECD member countries describing the regulatory regime for procurement and the...