The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committedto promoting the use of PPPs for e-government initiatives across the publicsector. To drive this effort, a policy framework and tools to assist governmentagencies in their use of PPPs has developed. As one of the tools, this PPPmanual provides a reference on best practices throughout the PPP lifecycle thatpublic agencies can refer to. It also includes some lessons learned from Saudiand international experiences with regards to the PPP stages.

The PPP manual addresses the PPPthroughout its complete lifecycle, aiming to help public agencies andgovernment officials in assessing and implementing a PPP. Agencies can use thismanual throughout the entire PPP lifecycle, including:

Inception: Focusing on the Business case/ Feasibility study and risk analysis.

Procurement: Focusing on the process ofissuing RFIs and RFPs.

Private Partner: Focusing onnegotiations, financing, and evaluating and selecting PPP private partner.

Contract Management: Focusing on SLA,structuring win-win deals, KPIs, and sign-off of contracts.

Project Management: Focusing on riskallocation, HR, knowledge management and relationship management.

Auditing: Focusing on identifyingauditors, conducting audits and reporting the findings.

Management Review: Focusing on correctiveactions, their implementation and follow up to closure.

Closure: Focusing on termination ofcontract and lessons learned.

The PPP Manual presents a set of bestpractices and provides help to guide agencies considering the use of PPPconcepts and models for e-government projects.