Analysis of Delay Factors at the Pre-Contract Phase of Public Private Partnership Project in Abuja, Nigeria
*Elvis Chuku Ndame and Audu Ibrahim Isa Dakas
Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Email: elvislondonn@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Public Private Partnership has been used for infrastructural development globally and time delays occur in all phases of PPP project implementation. Previous studies focused on causes of delays in the construction phase and the planning and design phases of non PPP projects. This study analysed delay factors at the pre-contract process of PPP projects in Nigeria. Questionnaire and interviews were used to solicit the perception of the public party respondents and private party respondents on the severity of the identified factors. The data was analysed using descriptive and non-parametric statistics to determine the severity of each factor on a 5 point Likert scale. The result shows that the first three (3) most severe public party factors responsible in causing delays are “pursuit of personal interest by top-level management team over public interest”, “lack of strategic planning”, and “incessant changes in public party requirement during bidding” while the private party factors are “lack of transparency in communication during the pre-contract process”, “inadequate scheduling of the project by the private party”, and “high level of tolls proposed by private party”. The finding is good justification for many public party procurers who usually ignore the interest of the general public by putting their self-interests first, and change their requirements during bidding that really delay the pre-contract process. Public sector clients should sanitize the top management team to ensure that adequate team coordination amongst the management are met. Proper communication channels by the private sector should be adequately adhered to and the private stakeholders should be more transparent in communicating amongst the team during the whole pre-contract stages of PPP.
Keywords: Public private Partnership, Pre-contract process, Delays, Projects
