| Assistance with identifying PFI project opportunities
that meet corporate objectives. |
| Assistance with identifying participants
and forming consortia where necessary to provide all the required
skills for specific, selected projects. Assistance in preparing
a "consortium agreement". |
| Preparation of financial and commercial sections
of prequalification proposals. |
| Advice and assistance on the selection of
any additional financial equity participants required as well
as the consortium members in the "project company". |
| Advice and assistance in the selection of
banking partners to provide the necessary debt or bond finance
to provide a fully financed bid proposal. |
| Review of the financial and commercial sections
of the bid documentation when received. |
| Preparation of a "financial plan and structure"
to meet the bid requirements. |
| Preparation of the financial and commercial
sections of the bid proposal in liaison with the selected bank
partner/s. |
| Critique of the cash flow computer programme
to be utilised as part of the bid proposal; assistance with
the design and layout of the cash flow computer programme; review
of all the assumptions utilised in the cash flow computer programme
in liaison with the selected bank partner/s; review of resultant
draft cash flow computer programme to ensure that it is bankable
and meets the Client and/or consortium objectives. |
| Assistance with the financial and commercial
sections of the necessary risk analysis table, prepared as part
of the bid proposal. |
| Assistance with the bid management. |
| Assistance with the formation of the "project
company". |
| Assistance with answering any financial and
commercial clarification questions from the public sector sponsor
or its advisers. |
| Preparation of any revised financial and
commercial sections of the bid proposal, if a "Best and Final
Offer" is required, together with any revisions of the risk
analysis table and cash flow computer programme. |
| Following selection as "Preferred Bidder",
assistance with the negotiations with the public sector sponsor
and its advisors, to achieve an acceptable concession agreement
and all supporting agreements and documentation. |
| Assistance with all negotiations with the
banks to achieve an acceptable debt and/or bond package. |
| Assistance with negotiations with equity
participants in the "project company" to achieve an acceptable
equity amount and structure. Assistance with the preparation
of the shareholders agreement. |
| Assistance as necessary to reach "financial
close". |
| Assistance, if required, on financial and
commercial matters during the construction phase until "handover"
and the start of the operating phase. |
