If your government is planning to adapt and innovate a new digital process via a public-private partnership (P3), a good first step is to attain a better understanding of the ways in which technology partnerships differ from the use of P3s to deliver civil works infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and water systems. The differences between digital P3s and civil works infrastructure, which must be clearly defined, include intangibility, scalability, interoperability, and multitenancy, which require modifying procurement and contracting approaches from public civil works infrastructure of the past.

• Publication date: April 2024
• Authors: Stephen Goldsmith and Betsy Gardner