Identifying and investigating variables affecting Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Iran by Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA)

This research aims to identify and evaluate the influencing variables on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) success. PPP contracts include some types of contracts which public sector due to its limited capability in infrastructure procurement or public service deliverance goes into partnership with private sector. In these types of contracts, Private sector accepts to finance or implement the project. There are different models for PPP, such as Build-Own-Operate (BOO), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) and Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO) in action. During our research we explored among experts of this scientific field and distributed questionnaires among 25 of these experts. The questionnaire had two separate Likert spectrums to answer the questions. One was about the importance of variables and the other for evaluating the very existence of these variables in PPP contracts in Iran. The questionnaire had been formed based on the literature and theoretical-related articles. To measure the questionnaire’s reliability, Cronbach’s Alpha Test was used. While the output of this test in SPSS software was 0.934 . Through this research we have used Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) method for evaluating and ranking variables affecting success of PPP projects in Iran. As a result Trust between partners is the most important influencing variable existing throughout Iran’s PPP contracts. Unfortunately this important variable had few existences in PPP contracts in Iran. As a result the public Agencies and the private consortiums should make a better and more trustful relation to each other to accomplish success on their agreement.

کلیدواژه ها:

Concession ، Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) ، Lease ، Private Finance Initiative (PFI) ، Procurement and Management Contract ، Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) ، Turnkey Contract