Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts

The Argentine government is using output-based contracts with the private sector for rehabilitation and maintenance of its nonconcessioned road network. The multiyear lump sum contracts, funded by the government, specify required road service outpu...

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Main Author:	Liautaud, Gerard
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD REHABILITATION CONTRACTS BIDDING ROAD & HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AXLE LOADS BITUMEN CONTRACTING OUT CONTRACTORS COST OVERRUNS CRACKING CULVERTS DAILY TRAFFIC EXPENDITURES HIGHWAYS LUMP SUM CONTRACTS NET PRESENT VALUE OVERLAY PAVED ROADS PAVEMENT POTHOLES PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF SERVICE RATE OF RETURN ROAD USERS ROADS ROUGHNESS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SIGNS SPECIFICATIONS SPREADING TRAFFIC VEHICLE OVERLOAD VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1346447/maintaining-roads-argentine-experience-output-based-contracts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11379

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spelling	okr-10986-113792021-06-14T11:01:29Z Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts Liautaud, Gerard PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD REHABILITATION CONTRACTS BIDDING ROAD & HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AXLE LOADS BIDDING BITUMEN CONTRACTING OUT CONTRACTORS COST OVERRUNS CRACKING CULVERTS DAILY TRAFFIC EXPENDITURES HIGHWAYS LUMP SUM CONTRACTS NET PRESENT VALUE OVERLAY PAVED ROADS PAVEMENT POTHOLES PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF SERVICE RATE OF RETURN ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD USERS ROADS ROUGHNESS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SIGNS SPECIFICATIONS SPREADING TRAFFIC VEHICLE OVERLOAD VEHICLES The Argentine government is using output-based contracts with the private sector for rehabilitation and maintenance of its nonconcessioned road network. The multiyear lump sum contracts, funded by the government, specify required road service outputs and use incentive-based payment schedules to ensure the quality of the work. After three years of operation the 60 contracts (averaging US$10 million) in the first phase are working well. By 2002 around 75 percent of Argentina's nonconcessional roads should be operating under output-based contracts. 2012-08-13T14:54:32Z 2012-08-13T14:54:32Z 2001-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1346447/maintaining-roads-argentine-experience-output-based-contracts Viewpoint. -- Note no. 231 (June 2001) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11379 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Argentina
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topic	PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD REHABILITATION CONTRACTS BIDDING ROAD & HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AXLE LOADS BIDDING BITUMEN CONTRACTING OUT CONTRACTORS COST OVERRUNS CRACKING CULVERTS DAILY TRAFFIC EXPENDITURES HIGHWAYS LUMP SUM CONTRACTS NET PRESENT VALUE OVERLAY PAVED ROADS PAVEMENT POTHOLES PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF SERVICE RATE OF RETURN ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD USERS ROADS ROUGHNESS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SIGNS SPECIFICATIONS SPREADING TRAFFIC VEHICLE OVERLOAD VEHICLES
spellingShingle	PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD REHABILITATION CONTRACTS BIDDING ROAD & HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AXLE LOADS BIDDING BITUMEN CONTRACTING OUT CONTRACTORS COST OVERRUNS CRACKING CULVERTS DAILY TRAFFIC EXPENDITURES HIGHWAYS LUMP SUM CONTRACTS NET PRESENT VALUE OVERLAY PAVED ROADS PAVEMENT POTHOLES PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF SERVICE RATE OF RETURN ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD USERS ROADS ROUGHNESS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SIGNS SPECIFICATIONS SPREADING TRAFFIC VEHICLE OVERLOAD VEHICLES Liautaud, Gerard Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts
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description	The Argentine government is using output-based contracts with the private sector for rehabilitation and maintenance of its nonconcessioned road network. The multiyear lump sum contracts, funded by the government, specify required road service outputs and use incentive-based payment schedules to ensure the quality of the work. After three years of operation the 60 contracts (averaging US$10 million) in the first phase are working well. By 2002 around 75 percent of Argentina's nonconcessional roads should be operating under output-based contracts.
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author	Liautaud, Gerard
author_facet	Liautaud, Gerard
author_sort	Liautaud, Gerard
title	Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts
title_short	Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts
title_full	Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts
title_fullStr	Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts
title_full_unstemmed	Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts
title_sort	maintaining roads : the argentine experience with output-based contracts
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1346447/maintaining-roads-argentine-experience-output-based-contracts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11379
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Maintaining Roads : The Argentine Experience with Output-Based Contracts

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