1. Dutch PPP Dealflow
2012-2020
London, 5th Global Leadership
Infrastructure Forum
Danny Zwerk
PPP Unit, The Netherlands
2. Overview
• Rijkswaterstaat
• Dutch Government PPP Policy
• PPP-dealflow in general
• Upcoming tenders
• Key features of Dutch PPP’s
– Risks allocation
– Legal framework
– Competitive dialogue
– Payment mechanism
3. Rijkswaterstaat
• Rijkswaterstaat (1798) is the executive agency of the Ministry of
Infrastructure and Environment
• Rijkswaterstaat works to ensure that the Dutch have:
• dry feet
• sufficient clean water
• a smooth and safe flow of transport on nation’s roads and waterways
• reliable and useful information
• Round 9.000 Employees
• Annual budget: € 4 to 5 billion
3 February 2012
4. PPP Policy
• Multi Annual Investment Programme 2012-2028
– Budget approved by Parliament up until 2023
– Cost Benefit Analysis
– Environmental Impact Analysis
– Ceiling Price including maintenance and interest
• First allocate budgets to attractive projects then determine the
best contract type for each project.
• Current government: PPP/DBFM unless… Comply or Explain
• Dealflow 2-3 projects each year
• Support local government
• Attract institutional investors
5. Potential PPP Dealflow
• 32 Indicated PPP’s in the Multi Annual Programme
• Total ca € 20 bln (CAPEX)
• 2 Rail Projects (under investigation)
• 10 Projects in Maritime Infrastructure
• 20 Projects in Road Infrastructure
• Some greenfield
• Mostly new highway, next to existing highway
3 February 2012
18. Legal framework
• Procurement Directive 2004/18/EG
• Dutch contract law
• Decree Procurement rules for Public Contracts
Dutch abbreviation: BAO
• Guidelines for procurement of public works
Dutch abbreviation: ARW 2005
19. Challenges
• Improve Contractmanagement
• Capacity Building within the Government
• Attract Institutional Investors
• Support Local Governments
20. Concluding remarks
• Long term stability
• Strong political commitment
• Substantial dealflow
• Solid projects
• Standard contracts and procedures
• Looking for partnership and foreign involvement
22. PPP features
• DBFM with availability payments
• Ceiling Price for bidders including maintenance and interest
• Standard contracts and standardized risk allocation
• Standard tender documents and standard procedures
• Competitive dialogue
23. DBFM-payment mechanism
Partial Payment mechanism
availability
• Payments on availability (after payment
completion)
– Penalties in case infrastructure is
not available
– Penalties in case quality is
insufficient Bullet Availability
payment on payment
• Bullet-payment on realisation realisation
• Ceiling price during tender
procedure
24. 3 months
Tender Schedule 3 months
3 months
Dialogue
Award phase
phase
Selection phase Best and
1st dialogue rounds 2nd dialogue rounds 3rd dialogue rounds Final Offer Contract Close Financial Close
6-9
3 months 3 months
months
3 months
Announcement
Financial
1 Candidate
Contract
Award
Close
Close
n Candidates [nr] Candidates [nr] Candidates
Award criteria
Award criteria
Selection criteria
Request to participate Plan of Approach Final Tender