Preamble, The Public-Private Partnership Act, 2010

THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ACT, 2010 Being an Act to promote and facilitate the implementation of public-private partnership transactions for infrastructure projects and social sector service projects; to establish a Public-Private Partnership Council and a Public-Private Partnership Unit; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. [ ] E NACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. 48. Participation of consortia 49. Evaluation of qualifications. 50. Approval of pre-selection report by Unit. 51. Requests for Proposals. 52. Two-stage bidding procedure. 53. Bid securities. 54. Clarifications and revisions of Request for Proposals. 55. Evaluation of proposals. 56. Evaluation criteria. 57. Reconfirmation of qualifications. 58. Approval of evaluation report by Council. 59. Council approval prior to contract finalization. 60. Circumstances authorising award without competitive procedures. 61. Negotiation of PPP Agreements not competitively procured. 62. Confidentiality. 63. Notice of contract award. 64. Record of selection and award proceedings. 65. Review procedure. 66. Organisation of private partners. 67. Unsolicited proposal. PART VIII–SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 68 . Disputes between contracting authority and private partner. 69. Disputes involving customers or users. PART IX–MISCELLANEOUS 70. Regulations. 71. Unenforceability of PPP Agreements entered into without authorisation. 72. Offences. 73. Transitional provision. 74. Consequential amendments. SCHEDULE iii S IGNED this day of , 2010 DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. LS PART I–PRELIMINARY