Gomez , Christy and Gambo, Muhammad
(2016)
Evaluation of Special Purpose Vehicle Organisation Skill Sets
Taxonomy for Effective Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure
Project Delivery.
Journal of Construction in Developing Countries , 21 (1).
pp. 147-165.
ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
The necessary skill sets that public-private partnership (PPP) stakeholders bring
together are recognised as being paramount to the success of any PPP project. From
preliminary research findings it is clear that there is a strong bias towards business-oriented
skills rather than service-oriented skills by the special purpose vehicle (SPV) organisation. This
paper examines the skills sets required to ensure the effective delivery and implementation of
the private sector–led PPP project with respect to the SPV organisation in order to deliver
value for money (VfM). A comprehensive literature review was conducted to establish the
various skills needed by the SPV organisation for the successful delivery of PPP infrastructure
projects to form the basis of the research questionnaire. Questionnaire survey data obtained
from a purposive sample of 48 public and private PPP stakeholders in Peninsular Malaysia
was analysed using SPSS v18 to establish the relative importance of the various skill sets. The
findings indicate "legal and contracting knowledge" to be the most important and
"conceptual skills" as the least important skill for the SPV organisation in PPP project
implementation. The findings also indicated that there is a significant difference in the
perception of public and private PPP stakeholders with respect to the importance of the
"ability to clearly define technical and output specifications and standards for services to be
procured", implying less importance given by the private sector with regard to this skill.
Drawing on the understanding that skill sets are critical denominators of the organisational
structure, this research is expected to influence the development of appropriate guidelines
for skills prioritisation in the organisation of SPVs and the effective management of PPP
concession projects.
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