Some readers may have attended the recent Local Government
Property Professionals Conference at which I spoke on
public-private partnerships.
In my presentation, I outlined six matters Council must address
before the project review committee in the first stage assessment
of significant and high-risk projects. One involves Council
confirming it will undertake a competitive process to identify
preferred partners, or, if Council decides not to do this,
providing reasons and an alternative process.
The purpose of this article is to provide some further
information about the requirements of the Government (OLG) under
its PPP guidelines for dealing with this matter.
Guidelines published by the Independent Commission Against
Corruption (ICAC) in 2018 provide direction on how to do that and
also manage associated risks.
