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Model Contract Guides

Availability Payment Concessions Public-Private Partnerships Model Contract Guide - Draft (September 2015)

This guide presents key concepts for the structuring and development of legal contracts for availability payment-based highway P3s. It is part of a broader effort by FHWA to promote understanding of P3 transactions, which includes the Core Toll Concessions P3 Model Contract Guide. This guide is designed to provide industry-standard concepts, relevant common tools and mechanisms, and situational examples applicable to availability payment-based P3 transactions, and follows a structure similar to the guide on toll concessions.

 

Public-Private Partnerships: Labor Best Practices - Draft (September 2015)

This chapter on Labor Best Practices is recommended by the U.S. Department of Labor, and discusses labor provisions recommended by the U.S. Department of Labor for all P3 concession agreements, following a collaboration with U.S. DOT, regardless of source of funding (federal, state, or private) or form of compensation (user tolls or availability payments).

 

Model Public-Private Partnerships Toll Concessions Contract Guide - Draft Addendum (Part 2) (January 2015)

This addendum to the Core Toll Concessions Contract Guide adds 20 chapters to the Core Guide's 8 chapters.

 

Model Public-Private Partnership Core Toll Concessions Contract Guide - Final (Part 1) (September 2014)

This Guide presents key concepts for the structuring and development of legal contracts for highway transportation P3s in the U.S. Required of FHWA by the MAP-21 transportation authorization legislation, the Guide illustrates how P3 contracts are developed and structured and explains their major provisions. The Guide is part of a broader effort by FHWA to promote understanding of P3 transactions, which includes a parallel document on availability payment contracts used in some P3 transactions. This Guide is designed to provide industry-standard concepts, relevant common tools and mechanisms, and situational examples applicable to P3 transactions.

 
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