Roads that deteriorate within a few years, water plants that run below capacity and hospitals handed over without maintenance budgets all trace back to contracts that paid for inputs rather than results. Public agencies across Africa increasingly turn to performance-based contracting and public-private partnerships to buy outcomes, yet many lack the commercial skills to write, award and police such agreements.
Over five days you work through output specifications, key performance indicators, availability and volume-based payment mechanisms, penalties and bonuses, and the allocation of demand, construction, currency and political risk. Sessions cover value-for-money tests, unsolicited proposals, concession and operations and maintenance structures, step-in rights, contract variations and handback conditions. Participants practise with extracts from road, energy, water and health facility agreements. The programme suits contract managers, PPP unit staff, procurement officers, project engineers, legal advisers, finance officers and oversight bodies in ministries, state corporations and county governments. Afterwards you can draft a performance schedule, build a simple payment model, set up a contract monitoring dashboard and handle disputes without stalling service delivery. Classroom, online and in-house formats lead to a CPD-accredited certificate.
Governments are under pressure to deliver roads, power, water, transport and social infrastructure faster than public budgets allow. Performance-based contracts and public-private partnerships promise whole-life value, but only when the agreement is written around measurable service outcomes and the agency has the capacity to enforce it. Weak specifications, poorly shared risks and thin monitoring leave public bodies carrying the cost while services fall short.
This programme follows the life of an infrastructure agreement from preparation to handback. Participants begin with project screening, affordability and value-for-money analysis, then move to structuring the deal, defining outputs and service levels, designing payment and deduction mechanisms, and allocating risk between the agency and the private party. Later sessions deal with procurement and negotiation, financial close, the construction and operating phases, performance reporting, change control, renegotiation and dispute resolution, and the conditions under which assets return to the state.
Teaching relies on contract extracts, payment calculation exercises and role-played negotiations rather than lectures. Each participant finishes with a draft performance schedule and a monitoring plan for a project from their own organisation, ready to discuss with colleagues and advisers.
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
Participants leave with practical tools they can apply to live projects:
Learning is anchored in documents participants will meet in their daily work:
Day 1: Performance-Based Contracting and PPP Foundations
Day 2: Specifying Outputs and Service Levels
Day 3: Payment Mechanisms and Risk Allocation
Day 4: Procurement, Negotiation and Financial Close
Day 5: Managing Operations, Change and Handback
The programme is intended for public sector staff and advisers who prepare, award or oversee infrastructure agreements, including:
Delegates who attend the sessions and complete the practical exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy, a useful record of professional development for contracting and project teams.
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By the end of the Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies programme, you'll be able to distinguish input-based, output-based and outcome-based contracting and choose the right model for a given asset, write output specifications and key performance indicators that can be measured and enforced, design payment mechanisms, including availability payments, deductions and incentive bonuses, and allocate demand, construction, operating, currency and political risk between public and private parties. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is intended for public sector staff and advisers who prepare, award or oversee infrastructure agreements, including: PPP unit and project preparation officers, Contract managers in ministries and state corporations, Procurement and supply chain officers, County and municipal infrastructure directors, Roads, water, energy and health facility engineers, Legal advisers and contract lawyers, Finance, budget and treasury officers, Auditors and oversight officials, and Development partner staff supporting infrastructure programmes.
Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies starts October 12, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Performance-Based Infrastructure Contracts and PPP Operations for African Public Agencies Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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