Procurement and contract design in the construction industry: … not one size fits all

Jan-Eric Nilsson ()
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Jan-Eric Nilsson: VTI, Postal: Centrum för Transportstudier (CTS), Teknikringen 10, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

No 2012:26, Working papers in Transport Economics from CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI)

Abstract: This paper considers the choice between different approaches to contract for the construction and maintenance of infrastructure projects. The need to control for user and third party costs over the life cycle of an asset is demonstrated to be a core aspect of welfare maximising contract design. The more likely it is that a certain problem in the current infrastructure could be solved by constructing assets in alternative ways, the more strongly should the tendering agency consider innovative design alternatives such as performance contracts of Public Private Partnerships. It is also demonstrated that contracts which cover both construction and subsequent maintenance must be accompanied by bonuses and penalties for remunerating or punishing the entrepreneur for delivering (or not) appropriate infrastructure quality.

Keywords: Infrastructure investment and maintenance; Bundling; Welfare maximisation vs. minimisation of financial costs; Risk allocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D82 D86 R42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2012-11-22
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