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The PPP legislation does not explicitly allow the submission by the private sector of unsolicited
proposals. There are no guiding principles to deal with unsolicited proposal and the topic is not
part of the PPP guidelines. Nevertheless, they are allowed in practice and PPP guidelines tacitly
applies to both solicited and unsolicited proposals. However, the current practice seems to
reveal (see Zin Zawawi, 2016) that unsolicited proposals are awarded to the original proposer
through a direct negotiation process without any competitive bidding.
5.6.4. Procurement and contracting
Procurement strategies
Once the Cabinet has approved a PPP project as it addresses a real need for the government and
ensures VfM, it is time to start the procurement process. The chart in the Figure below
summarizes all the steps of the PPP procurement process.
Figure 9: Steps of the PPP procurement process
Note: RFP stands for “Request for Proposal”. Source: UKAS website.
The public procurement notice of the PPP is issued online (The World Bank, Benchmarking PPP
procurement 2017 in Malaysia). It generally includes the technical and financial qualifications
that bidders must meet, the amount and forms of bid security, if any, the criteria against which