Summary of Public-Private Partnerships Approval Process
 
Approval Flowchart

Step #1 Government Entity
 
Any government entity is authorized to establish a public-private partnership and to award a corresponding Partnership Contract related to any function, service or facility, in accordance with the public policy set forth in Act 29.

The government entity is responsible for doing an inventory of eligible projects.
 
Step #2: Public-Private Partnerships Authority (PPPA)
 

The PPPA Board of Directors determines the need to request a Study of Desirability and Convenience.

 
All the projects referred to the Board of Directors will be published in the PPPA webpage:www.p3.gov.pr

 
Final Decision
 

After evaluating the Study of Desirability and Convenience, the PPPA Board of Directors will determine whether to proceed with the evaluated project.

 

The Study of Desirability and Convenience will be published in the PPPA webpage.

 
Step #3: Naming the Partnership Committee
 
The Authority will create a Partnership Committee for each referred project that it has deemed appropriate and viable.
The Committee will evaluate the potential proponents and the proposals submitted in order to select the best one(s).
 
Step #4: Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals
 

The Partnership Committee will evaluate all the potential proponents’ qualifications and the proposals in order to facilitate the selection of a proponent and awarding of a contract.

 

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and the Request for Proposals (RFP) will be published in the PPPA website, such that the approval process adheres to the highest possible standards of accountability.
 
Step #5: Partnership Committee
 

Following the approval of (a) proposal(s) that, at the Committee’s discretion, best meets the established criteria, the Committee will hold or oversee the negotiation of the terms and conditions of the Partnership Contract.

 

The Committee will develop a report about the entire process leading to the establishment of a Partnership, and the report will include the reasons to establish the partnership, the reasons for choosing the selected proponent and a description of the process followed.
 
Step #6: Board of Directors and Government Entity
 

The PPPA Board of Directors along with the participant government entity will approve the report and the Partnership Contract through a resolution.

 

The resolution will include an agreement or rejection of the report submitted and recommended by the Partnership Committee and of the reasons for its determination.

 
Step #7: GOVERNOR

Following the PPPA Board of Directors and the government entity’s approval of the report submitted by the Partnership Committee, the report will be submitted to the Governor, or to his(her) official representative for the purposes of approval.

 

The Governor, or official representative, will have thirty (30) days to approve or reject the Partnership Contract.

 
The final Award report will be published in the PPPA website.