Section 54, The Public Private Partnership Act, 2014

(1) Where a PPP Agreement is negotiated without usingthe procedures set out in sections 38 to 52, the Unit shall- (a) undertake or commission a pre-feasibility study and a feasibility study, in accordance with section 36; (b) except for an agreement negotiated pursuant to paragraph (c) of section 53, cause a notice of its intention to commence negotiations in respect of the PPP Agreement, to be published in the prescribed manner; (c) engage in negotiations with as many persons as the Unit considers capable of carrying out the PPP Project, as circumstances permit; (d) establish evaluation criteria against which proposals shall be evaluated and ranked; Contract finalisation phase. Circumstances authorizing award without competitive procedures. Negotiation of PPP Agreements not competitively procured. 40 41 (2) in all cases of non-competitive procedures, good governance and transparency will prevail and the public and stakeholders shall be informed by the Government the reasons applied in the exception to the procurement rules in this Act.