AMMAN —
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Unit will in the coming stage float tenders related to three
projects worth “hundreds of millions” in the field of infrastructure, and a
fourth in the transportation industry, officials have said.
اضافة اعلان
The sources told Al-Ghad and
Jordan News that the planned projects will be implemented on a
build-operate-transfer basis, stressing that the plans will make a difference
to people’s lives, especially since the studies have been conducted by reputed
institutions such as the International Finance Corporation.
The plan has received the go-ahead
after the Council of Ministers approved a bylaw drafted under the PPP Projects
Law No. (17) of 2020, which replaced the 2014 version of the legislation.
The sources, who preferred to remain
unnamed, said that the investments on the drawing board have “received interest
from several international and local entities, and the PPP Unit is following up
on their inquiries”.
Under the 2020 PPP Law, the unit is
linked with the Prime Ministry, instead of the Finance Ministry, as the case
was in the older version of the law. The aim is to facilitate networking with
other ministries government agencies, and expedite the execution of the
approved projects.
The law also stipulates setting up a
national registry for government investments for the year 2021 at the Ministry
of Planning and International Cooperation. The aim of the registry is to
monitor project indicators and provide a comprehensive database on these
projects.
The bylaw endorsed earlier this week
regulates the process of tender floating to ensure complete equality and
transparency, access to project-related issues and clarity of the tender
documents. Also under the bylaw, a
committee will oversee all the matters related to state investments in
partnership with the private sector, whether local or external players.
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