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million and OCR loan of 40.0 million with the Government contribution estimated at 77.0 million.
Thus, the total program budget is 70.0 million dollars in 2015.
4.2.24. Public-Private Partnerships Program
The development and maintenance of infrastructures is one of the central pillars of the Strategic Development Plan. One of the modalities that can be use by the Government is
the Public-Private Partnerships PPPs. The underlying rationale for PPPs stems from the fact that this type of business arrangement potentially allows the Government to benefit
from the private sector expertise and financing, which then results in higher quality and efficiency, as well as lower risk borne by the Government.
Having completed a PPP policy and legal framework with the amendment to the general PPP law and the publishing of the PPP Regulation law, including the definition and all
steps of the project cycle, Timor-Leste already approved to proceed with one project to procurement, the Tibar Bay Port, and is analysing the feasibility of others potential
projects, like the Dili Water Supply System, the Institute Superior de Aileu, the PPP Petroleum House and also possible projects in the health and energy sectors.
One of the proposed projects for PPP, which is in its most advance stage in the PPP project cycle, is the Tibar Bay Port. The feasibility report was presented in the third quarter of 2013,
and the Council of Ministers decided to proceed with the PPP modality as a 30 year concession, thus advancing to the stage of procurement and selection of a private partner. That selection is
being made through a competitive international tender, which will allow the Government to control the design and the terms and conditions of the concession, as well as use competition to
select the best partner and minimize the government subsidy. Four bidders are qualified, the contract is expected to be signed in the beginning of 2015 and the construction to start in 2016.
Another project in the pipeline is the Dili Water Supply System. The final pre–feasibility report was concluded and it was approved to proceed for the feasibility study to identify the best
option. The procedure for selecting the consultants was made in 2014 and the results are expected to be presented in the first semester of 2015. Under this arrangement, the Government
will pursue the rehabilitation and development of the infrastructure and assign the responsibility of operation and maintenance to the private sector for a period of years.
The other two projects that the Government is preceding with their feasibility studies are the Polytechnic Institute of Aileu and the Petroleum House. The first was presented by a private
entity for the construction and operation of an institute to teach six courses and graduate around 5,400 students in 15 years. The feasibility study is on-going and a recommendation will be
presented to proceed or not for the procurement stage.
