Abstract
Prequalification (PQ) is a significant process in the selection of private sector for the delivery of civil infrastructure projects. But, the extant literature, for the most part, focused on PQ of construction projects. The need for setting proper PQ, i.e., criteria and corresponding limits in public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects, especially municipal solid waste (MSW) projects is still a lacuna in the body of knowledge of Indian PPPs. To this end, this paper identified PQ criteria using content analysis of the sample of MSW projects. These identified criteria were subjected to regression modeling. These results were compared with the results of well-matured highway sector to draw comparison with MSW projects. The practical implications are that urban local bodies (ULBs) are but less competent and less uniform in the rationale of setting the PQ criteria and limits. This paper suggests that lowering the technical and financial PQ limits considering the market orientation will help in bringing more competitive bidders into the bidding. Since MSW is in a very nascent stage of application of PPP, the study results could lay directions for future project procurement to discern right limits for right project sizes.
Highlights
Public-private partnership (PPP) mode has been considered as a better procurement model to deliver projects on time and within budget
It could be observed that technical capacity and financial capacity are the only two parameters used for PQ of PPP municipal solid waste (MSW) projects and highway projects
The findings indicate that the factors governing the prequalification of MSW projects can be grouped under technical and financial aspects which is further divided into six criteria whereas in highway projects the prequalification is based on the broad two categories of financial and technical capacities only
Summary
Public-private partnership (PPP) mode has been considered as a better procurement model to deliver projects on time and within budget. Rightly set PQ process would yield four fold benefits: adherence to the planned schedule and sequence of construction, timely delivery, lower prices due to competition, and development of local contractors (Lo, Krizek and Hadavi, 2002). These benefits extend to contain the public procurement costs (Estache and Iimi, 2011). Proper design of the PQ stage is, one of the key aspects of the procurement process which need to be given due importance before embarking on soliciting proposals from the bidders
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