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Vol. 6, Special Issue No. 2, Desember 2021
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LEGAL ASPECTS
OF PPP CONTRACTS IN THE PROVISION OF DRINKING WATER IN GRESIK DISTRICT
Yulin Darwati, Faisal
Kurniawan, Prawitra Thalib
Airlangga University, Indonesia
Email: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Abstract
The availability of drinking
water is an essential legal issue in life. However, the government budget is
limited in funding the infrastructure sector. Government policy on drinking
water supply in the capital Gresik through the Public-private partnership (PPP)
program. The purpose of this study is to provide background information and
considerations for the Government to improve the basic and complete legal rules
for PPP contracts for drinking water infrastructure in the capital. Gresik.
This study uses empirical legal research methods, namely legal research related
to the adoption or implementation of legal norms in force for each specific
legal event that occurs. in society. The results of this study include (1)
legal aspects of the implementation of the right to provide drinking water to
residents of the Gresik Regency; (2) Due to budget constraints, and the
Government can establish a public-private partnership in the field of Clean
Water Supply; (3) The Government can provide regulatory guarantees for drinking
water infrastructure projects through the Gresik District PPP program. The
results of this study provide recommendations to the Government to ensure
better implementation of the Gresik Regency's right to public drinking water.
Keywords: drinking
water; public-private partnership; build-operate-transfer; the legal aspect of
the contract
Received: 2021-10-20; Accepted:
2021-11-05; Published: 2021-11-20
Introduction
Water is an essential aspect of
human life and other living things. Water is necessary for human life with many
different needs, especially clean water for households, industry, and public
places. The available freshwater resource is only 2.7% of the open water on
earth, but only 1% of the available freshwater (in lakes, rivers and
groundwater) is accessible. (Beard & Mitlin, 2021) If this
valuable asset is reduced, even depleted, inevitably, people will not be able
to continue their lives. (Dinka, 2018) The
increasing demand for clean water has encouraged people to provide quality,
quantity, and continuity standards. As the primary resource needed to meet the
needs of many people, water management is controlled by the State as provided
for in Subsection (3) Article 33 of the 19 45 Constitution (Song & Soliman, 2019).
In the United Nations Environment
Programmer's (UNEP) report on environment and security (Centre & Group, 2006)
"Understanding Environment, Conflict and Cooperation, UNEP executive
director Klaus Toepfer states: Maintaining
environmental quality and improving degraded environments are preconditions for
achieving sustainable development and meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
They are also crucially important for enhancing human well-being, including
security. The United Nations Environment Programme
has therefore been interested in promoting understanding of the relationship
between environment and peace.
As one of the countries that have
ratified the Economic, Social, and Cultural Covenant and approved the United
Nations (UN) Resolution on the Right to Water, the Indonesian Government should
ensure that every Indonesian citizen can access clean water and sanitation.
Therefore in fulfilling the right to water in General Comment No. 15 (2002), it
is stated that the State has obligations in fulfilling the request to water,
namely: (RIGHTS, 2002) (1) To
ensure access to a minimum amount of water, which is adequate and safe for
personal and domestic use to prevent disease; (2) To ensure that the right to
access to water and irrigation facilities and services is not discriminatory,
especially to disadvantaged or marginalized groups; (3) To ensure physical
access to irrigation facilities and services that provide adequate, safe, and
routine water; which has a sufficient number of water outlets to avoid long
waiting times; and which is quite close to the household; (4) To ensure that
personal safety is not compromised when performing physical access to water; to
ensure fair distribution of all irrigation facilities and services; and (4) To
establish and implement a national irrigation strategy and an action plan aimed
at the entire population. These strategies and action plans should be well
planned and reviewed periodically based on a participatory and transparent
process. They should include methods, such as rights to water indicators and
benchmarks, progress can be closely monitored.
The State's obligation towards
human rights is that the State must respect, protect and implement them. One
form of State protection of human rights is the existence of human rights
provisions, particularly the Human Rights Law No. 39 of 1999. However, the
water right is not provided exclusively in the law. However, the right to use
water is part of realizing and protecting the right to life. Water is the
essential factor for learning and security of the right to life, an absolute
and indisputable right. This was also confirmed in Article 28A of the 19 5
Constitution: "Everyone has the right to live and to protect his own
life". Then, Article 28H, paragraph (1) stipulates: "Everyone has the
right to develop physically and mentally and to have a good and healthy living
environment.
In July 2020, the IIR signed an
agreement to provide the Senior Development Term Loan Fund (SDTLF or SPAM) for
up to IDR 20 billion or 70% of the total project cost. The main objective of
the 1000 litres per second water supply system
project is to improve the supply of drinking water to the communities and
industry of the Gresik Regency. The local Government aims that this project
will increase the coverage of the water service sector up to 60%. It is
expected that the project will be built in the Bungah,
Manyar, and Gresik sub-districts of the Gresik
Regency. Raw water will be extracted from the Sembayat
Dam or 'Bendung Gerak Sembayat' (BGS) in the Bengawan
Solo River, approved by the competent authority through letter HK.02.03Mn from
the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR). ) 92
dated 15 September 2017 related to the water supply allocation project for the
drinking water system at the BGS dam. The system will supply bulk water to PDAM
Giri Tirta, distributed to
industrial zones and approximately 90,000 residential connections in 11 Gresik
Regency's 18 sub-districts. From a social and environmental perspective, this
project is classified as a Category B project, where impacts can be avoided and
minimized by planning and implementing appropriate mitigation measures during
the construction phase. Build and operate.
The development of SPAM
infrastructure is necessary to realize the right to use safe, clean water for
the community. Still, the Government has not played an optimal role in
providing and building SPAM infrastructure due to limited capital in the
development process. Three reasons underpin public-private partnerships.9
First, the quantity and quality of available infrastructure are insufficient to
support rapid development. Second, the financial capacity of the State to build
and repair infrastructure is minimal. Third, unlike the Government, the private
sector has better skills and professionalism to build infrastructure
efficiently and effectively. Cooperation between regional governments and third
parties is possible. SPAM infrastructure has been ensured in the Regional
Government Act No. 23 of 201 in section 363, subsection (1) and subsection (2)
as follows: Public services as well as the common good (a) of the district's
other areas; (b) third parties; and (c) regional or governmental organizations
abroad following applicable laws and regulations.
The type of infrastructure that
can cooperate with regional governments and business organizations is outlined
in Article 5, paragraph (2) of Presidential Regulation No. 38 of 2015 on
cooperation between government and organizations business in the provision of
infrastructure, including the letter d of drinking water supply infrastructure.
(Ppp_Book_2015.Pdf, 2015)
Presidential Regulation No. 38 of 2015 Relating to Government- Business
Cooperation in Infrastructure Delivery (starting now referred to as PPP
President Regulation of Republic of Indonesia) is a regulation governing
cooperation between Government and businesses in providing the infrastructure
to be able to carry out this cooperation on a large scale, quickly,
efficiently, effectively, comprehensively and sustainably. Private sector
participation in the provision of drinking water service infrastructure can be
accomplished through a partnership between BUMD or PDAM with the private
sector. This cooperation can be realized through two programs, and the first is
the PPP program with a Business-to-Business partnership.
Infrastructure development
necessary a cooperation model in which, on the one hand, infrastructure is
ensured for the benefit of the State and especially of the community. (Abbott & Faude, 2021); (Dobbin & Fencl, 2021); (Wu, Cao, Tong, Finkelstein, & Hoek, 2021) On the
one hand, private gifts are like investors on the other hand. Therefore, it is
only natural that the private sector can benefit from its involvement. (Grupper, Schreiber, & Sorice, 2021) (Pukhova, Merkulina, & Bashkov, 2021) The
implementation of private participation in infrastructure development will
involve different parties, including Government, investors, builders, financial
institutions, suppliers, operators, executives, and other parties. (Pukhova et al., 2021) The
private sector that cooperates well in the PPP program should form a particular
body to manage SPAM. (Chen, 2021) The
private sector can come from within the country or from abroad. (Greer, Lee, Fencl, & Sneegas, 2021) Still, if
the private sector comes from abroad, it must cooperate with the domestic
private sector, and the full ownership is only 95% in a specially established
body. Public-private partnerships (P3s) offer an alternative for constructing
public infrastructure by drawing upon private sector finance and expertise. (Huque, 2020) Public-private
partnerships (PPPs) have grown in popularity to leverage private sector actors
in the production of government services. With the global challenge of water
insecurity, PPPs are becoming more common for large scale water infrastructure
projects. (Greer et al., 2021) Public-private
partnership (PPP), an innovative infrastructure investment model, has been
widely applied in China and has become an essential policy tool to promote sustainable
economic development (Chen, 2021); (Greer et al., 2021).
Recent studies on human water
security reveal globally significant threats from population and economic
growth, mismanaged water use, climate extremes and a general failure to protect
landscapes and inland waterways effectively. (Jokar, Aminnejad, & Lork, 2021); (V�r�smarty et al., 2021) Implementing
the Urban Drinking Water Supply Project in the form of the Gresik District P3s
program may have potential risks of failure, even failure. (Beard & Mitlin, 2021) (Dinka, 2018) (McCall, Wu, Miyani, & Xagoraraki, 2020), (Damkjaer, 2020) Usually,
in the implementation of P3s projects, there are obstacles in terms of
financing mechanisms and land acquisition. Similarly, disputes arising during
the P3s PP infrastructure project implementation are not easy to avoid.
Based on the previous, the issues
of interest and discussion in this study are: 1) how is the policy to ensure
the right to clean water suitable for the people of Gresik? 2) How to apply the
public-private partnership mechanism in domestic water supply (urban water
supply service) under the BOT model; 3) How is the protection of PPP
investments in the drinking water supply of Gresik Regency secured?.
Method
This
study uses the experimental legal research method. Empirical legal research is
legal research concerned with the application or implementation of normative
legal norms to some legal events occurring in society. Empirical legal research
is fieldwork (primary data research) that examines legal regulations combined
with data and living behaviour in the community. The study used several data and information
collection approaches to analyze and present. The collection of data and
information is done by performing library research, both from the various data
and information "published" by the Government; articles by experts in
the form of books, journals, independent reports, newsletters; experience of
practitioners and decision-makers; national and international policies and
regulations; and others. The analysis carried out in this scientific work
focuses on norms related to law and policy, so it is quantitative. In contrast,
the presentation is descriptive and exploratory.
Results and Discussion
1.
Regulations On The Fulfilment Of The Right To Clean Water
The legal basis for the
implementation of the policy to ensure the right to drinking water for citizens
of the Gresik government includes (1) Law No. July 200 on water resources; (2)
Law on Irrigation No. 11 of 197 ; (3) Law No. 23 of
201 regarding regional Government; (4 ) Investment Law No. 25 2007. The
Investment Law is considered a law that helps increase investment
competitiveness in Indonesia. Various forms of investment incentives are
offered, including, but not limited to: equal treatment between foreign and
local investors; ensuring that there will be no nationalization and
expropriation of foreign property rights; open areas of activity for foreign
investment activities; does not require divestment; more remarkable ability to
own foreign shares; create more favourable conditions
for foreigners to work in Indonesia; and others; (5) Law No. 7 of 1983 was last
revised by Law No. 39 of 2008 on income tax. Many tax incentives have been
implemented to encourage investment activities such as tax exemption, fast
depreciation, tax benefits, etc. Tax incentives change from time to time
following the development of law in the tax field. The interests of investors
that must be taken into account in developing infrastructure investments are
legal certainty and consistency of implementation in the tax area; (6) Customs
Law No. 10 1995. Several customs facilities are provided to investors,
including, but not limited to, exemptions. Import duties on goods, equipment,
speeding up customs services, priority, etc. Such facilities may be provided,
for example, capital goods, if they have been included in the "master
list" of capital goods approved by BKPM; (7) Law No. 5 of 1960 deals with
agricultural matters. The Agricultural Affairs Act, No. 5 of 1960, regulates several
land rights such as property rights, commercial use rights, building use
rights, usage rights, etc. However, as far as property rights are concerned,
they cannot be granted to foreign natural or juridical persons. One form of
incentive for investment activities in terms of land rights is the effort to
extend the period of land rights such as cultivation rights, building rights,
and use rights, where these rights can be used as mortgage rights; (8)
Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2006 regarding the Investment Climate
Improvement Policy Package. This Presidential Instruction is one of the efforts
to improve the investment climate to increase Indonesia's economic growth; (9)
Presidential Regulation No. 67 of 2005 concerning Cooperation between Government
and Business Entities in the Provision of Infrastructure This Presidential
Regulation provides a legal basis for cooperation between the Government and
Business Entities in the Provision of Infrastructure, including transportation
infrastructure; (10) Presidential Regulation No. 36 of 2005 as amended by
Presidential Regulation No. 65 of 2005 concerning Land Acquisition for
Development in the Public Interest. In general, the provisions in these two
Presidential Regulations are intended to assist the land acquisition process
for the public interest, including the welfare of investment in drinking water
supply infrastructure. The regulation will provide better legal certainty for
investors who participate in the development of drinking water supply infrastructure,
especially in terms of the time and cost of land acquisition that must be
incurred. This regulation is a form of investment guarantee and protection;
(11) Government Regulation Number 122 of 2015 concerning Drinking Water Supply
System; and (12) Presidential Regulation Number 38 of 2015 concerning
Government Cooperation with Business Entities in Infrastructure Provision.
2.
Public-Private Partnership
Availability of adequate and
sustainable infrastructure is essential. The Government encourages the participation
of commercial organizations in the provision of infrastructure. (Owusu-Manu,
Kukah, Boateng, Asumadu, & Edwards, 2020); Vladimirovna et al., 2021) Government-business cooperation
in infrastructure provision is ensured through the government-business
partnership program (P3s). (Ppp_Book_2015.Pdf,
2015) P3s regulations for public infrastructure provision as set out in
Presidential Regulation No. 38 2015. Article 1 clause 6 states that P3s is a
partnership between government and actors business in
providing infrastructure for the public good by referring to specifications
that have been approved by the Minister / Head of Organization / Head of Region
/ State Enterprise / Regional Enterprise previously determined. Using part or
all of the resources of the Commercial Entity, taking into account risk sharing
between the parties.
Article 3 states that P3s are
implemented with the aim of: (Ppp_Book_2015.Pdf,
2015) (a) To sustainably finance the provision of infrastructure through
private financing; (b) Achieve quality, efficient, targeted and timely delivery
of infrastructure; (c) Create an investment climate that encourages the
participation of business actors in the provision of infrastructure based on
sound business principles; (d) Encourage the use of the user-paying principle for
services received or, in some cases, taking into account the User's ability to
pay; and (e) Provide certainty of return on investment of business entities in
providing infrastructure through a Government recurring payment mechanism to
business entities.
Article states that PPPs are carried
out based on the following principles: (Ppp_Book_2015.Pdf,
2015) (a) Partnership, namely cooperation between the government and business
entities is carried out based on the provisions of laws and regulations and
requirements that take into account the needs of both parties; (b) Benefit,
namely Infrastructure Provision carried out by the government and Business
Entities to provide social and economic benefits for the community; (c)
Competing, namely the procurement of Business Entity cooperation partners is
carried out through fair, open and transparent selection stages, and takes into
account the principles of honest business competition; (d) Risk control and
management, namely cooperation in Infrastructure Provision carried out by risk
assessment, development of management strategies, and mitigation of risks; (e)
Effective, namely cooperation in the provision of infrastructure is able to
accelerate growth as well as improve the quality of infrastructure management
and maintenance services; and (f) Efficient, namely cooperation in the
provision of infrastructure to meet funding needs in a sustainable manner in
infrastructure provision through the support of private funds.
Article 5 paragraph (1) of the
infrastructure that can be cooperated based on this Presidential Regulation is economical and social infrastructure. Whereas in section
(2), the types of economic infrastructure and social infrastructure as referred
to in paragraph (1) include, among others, drinking water infrastructure; in
addition to transportation infrastructure; road infrastructure; water resources
and irrigation infrastructure; etc. (Yan,
Chong, Zhou, & Li, 2019); (Zeng
& Chen, 2019), (Chen,
2021).
3.
Water Supply
Infrastructure Development with build-operate-transfer pattern
The appropriate model for
infrastructure investment in the transport sector is the Build, Operate and
Transfer (BOT) model. (Cao,
Liu, Koh, & Smith, 2020); (Huo,
Chen, Zhang, & Li, 2019) This model is considered a fit primarily because of the
investment risk during construction and operates with the private sector. At
the same time, the Government will acquire these infrastructures at the end of
the concession period. Permission. Contracts associated with the development of
drinking water infrastructure under the BOT model include concession contracts,
construction contracts; shareholder agreements; syndicated loan agreements;
operating agreements; direct debit agreements, supply agreements, etc.
It is generally understood that the
term BOT is used for all types of "concession agreements". However,
there are many variations of other terms used, including: (Zhang,
Hu, Li, & Pradhan, 2018) FBOOT (Finance, Build, Own, Operate, Transfer); BOO (Build,
Own, Operate); BOL (Build, Operate, Lease); DBOM (Design, Build, Operate,
Maintain); DBOT (Design, Build, Operate, Maintain); BOD (Build, rate, Deliver);
BOOST (Build, Own, Operate, Subsidize, Transfer); BRT (Build, Rent, Transfer);
BTO (Build, Transfer, Operate); DBFM (Design, Build, Finance, Maintain); ROT
(Rehabilitate, Operate, Transfer); and BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer). All of
the above project forms are other alternatives to BOT, although there are also
specific ones, in general, the same strategy is used.
Regarding the boundaries of the BOT
project itself, it is formulated as:(Yan et al., 2019) A project based on the
granting of a concession by the Principal (the Government) to the Promoter
(Concessionaire) where the Promoter is responsible for allactivities
that include construction, financing, Operation, maintenance of a particular
project/facility duringa concession period before
finally transferring all facilitiesto the Principal
as a full operational facility. (Zhang
et al., 2018) Duringconcession
period, the Promoter owns and operates the facilities and collect payments to
refund costs and investments that have been incurred, including maintenance
costs and operations and a margin of profit thereof. However, pure general
provision has given way to private participation in infrastructure. Several
factors have prompted many countries to use private participation as an essential
tool to deliver infrastructure.
The reasons for private participation
in infrastructure included: Investment needs exceed the capacity of national
and governmental institutions; Performance of the infrastructure sector, in
general, does not meet international standards; The technical and managerial
resources available to the Government are insufficient; Technological
innovations; Proven effects related to the success of privatization and
decoupling efforts, e.g., in the UK) and the ability to use regulation to
protect the public interest (e.g., regulation (reference government regulations
and incentives used in Spain) new approaches to upgrading viable
infrastructure); and Limited infrastructure coverage and quality in some
countries have hindered their efforts to achieve international competitiveness.
Before defining and for the
successful development and operation of the facility in infrastructure/projects
using BOT, conceptual elements, such as facility type, social benefits,
government support, qualifications and experience of the Promoter itself, the
location of the project/facility; the amount of equity to be used, the
guarantee of raw material supply, guaranteed purchases for products and
services, concession time figures, components of each package related to
construction, operations, maintenance, financing and acquisition drivers
receipts.
For the Promoter's interests and
other related parties such as an investor, Lender, and User, near
location/facility, commercially is essential. To make infrastructure projects
with the BOT pattern successful, then there are several factors to consider,
namely market conditions, regulatory support, financing conditions through the
capital market, the match between the requirements for the project interferes with
the a worthy investment, ability to repay debts and
investments has been issued, sufficient return on investment, rate of
acceptance from the upper society the existence of the project/facility.
Other parties commonly involved in
the development and Operation of the infrastructure project under the BOT model
are: both the demand for raw materials and the "consumables", which
says are "Suppliers", Parties providing loans for the implementation
of the project, referred to as "Lenders", investing party as a
shareholder stakeholder in the project, namely the "Investor", and
finally the party who becomes the User of the facility is called the
"user". The partnership between development project participants and
operating BOT infrastructure projects, between the Main with the Promoter and
between crucial components with other parties is generally bound by an
agreement (contract). Type of contract governing partnership and Legal
relationship between the parties has the following forms concession agreement,
direct debit contract, operation contract, construction contract, shareholder
agreement, lending contract, supply contract, and others.
Other parties are usually involved in
developing and tendering the infrastructure project under the BOT� scheme implemented through the following
phases (Cao
et al., 2020); Yan et al., 2019). The
first phase is (1) initially the Client prepares the strategic concept of the
project which will e presented used on the results of
the feasibility study justification (feasibility study); (2) In addition the
Principal prepares an invitation to pre-qualify for potential promoters who are
deemed eligible; (3) The Principal then prepares a draft structure of the
concession agreement (Structured Concession Agreement) which consists of Legal
Agreement containing general and specific conditions as well as project
requirements consisting of packages construction funding and receipts; (4)
Invitations to tender are then sent to candidates to Organizers who are deemed
to meet these requirements. The Second Stage is (1) The first step a potential
promoter takes after the accepts the request for ids is to perform a commercial
feasibility assessment of the project y evaluating conditions set the Principal
forthy in RFP (Request for Proposal) and Structured
Concession"; (2) The assessment is carried out according to the rapid
self-assessment method (Quick Assessment Method) or detailed (Detailed
Assessment Method); (3) If the evaluation indicates that the project is indeed
viable the potential Proponent should also identify other contracts (secondary
contracts) as well as considering this would how it affects the project; (4)
The Potential Promoter then prepares a bidding document in which another must e submitted immediately to the Principal. Third Stage is
(1) During this phase, the Principal assesses assets
the adequacy between the ids submitted y the Potential Promoter with parameters of compliance with
the requirements established as determined y the
Principal; (2) Based on the evaluation results, use the highest cumulative
value determined y the winning bidder.
In general, the construction and
Operation of infrastructure projects work under the BOT model can e divided into packages each package: (Fu et al., 2020) a)
Construction and installation adding package the construction package includes
all activities related to construction facilities, including Eligibility, Site
survey, Design and supervision, Purchase acquisition of land, Acquisition of
tools equipment, Building, Mechanical and electrical installation, Operation;
b) Operational Package ("Executive Package") contain all activities
related to the Operation and maintenance of the installation of which include
Operation, Maintenance, and Training, Consumables, Raw materials, Energy, and
Repair; c) Funding package including of Data requirements, Tariff rate,
Improved revenue streams, and Acceptance of existing facilities.
In implementing cooperation,
especially in the drinking water supply area, it is necessary to understand the
existing forms of collaboration with all kinds of consequences. The current
conditions of cooperation can be� grouped
into five: (de
Albornoz, Soli�o, Galera, & �lvarez, 2021) (1) Service contract is a form of collaboration in providing
drinking water with a private partner. The partner The
private sector is responsible for providing a service for a type of service
within a specific time frame. This service contract is the simplest form of
cooperation; (2) a Management Contract is a cooperation between the Client and
a private partner. The intimate partner is responsible for providing management
services for all or part of the infrastructure and infrastructure systems.
Infrastructure within a specified time frame, including Operation and
maintenance of facilities and provision of services to the community, and
working capital; (3) Lease contract is a form of cooperation between a project
owner and a private partner. The private partner sub-leases to the project
owner an infrastructure and particular works/infrastructure within a specific
time to be operated and maintained. In this case, the private partner will
handle part and or all of the drinking water supply system to provide
professional service to the community for a certain period. The private sector
includes working capital for Operation and maintenance, including replacing
certain parts of the drinking water supply system; (4) The Build Contract,
which is a form of cooperation between the Client and private� partners, has many variations, namely: (Jokar et al., 2021)Build Operate and Transfer (BOT), Build
and Transfer (BT), Build Build Transfer and Operate,
Build Lease and Transfer (BTO) (5) and Build Own and Operate (BOO), and
Concession contract is a form of cooperation between the Customer and a private
partner. The private partner as a franchisee will build and renovate some
infrastructure. Infrastructure and installation/infrastructure, including
funding, then continues with management, Operation and maintenance, and
stakeholder billing accounts. Customers and their managers for a while.
4.
Types of contracts for
investment and development of water supply infrastructure
The construction and Operation of
infrastructure projects/works under the BOT model have parties' participation
in the working / related relationship. The legal system between the parties is
specified in some contracts. A brief description of the types of contracts
involved include, among others: (Debaere
& Kapral, 2021) (Zeng
& Chen, 2019) & (Chen,
2021).
a. Franchise agreement. A franchise agreement is a contract
between a principal and a promoter. This contract is a document that governs
all aspects of the partnership and legal relationship between the Customer and
the developer, including the allocation of risks associated with construction,
Operation, maintenance, funding and acceptance packages and franchise
requirements for a facility/intended.�
The main provisions of the Concession Agreement are: The duration of the
concession; Scope of the project; A clear picture of the nature of the
submission; Limitations of government support; Tariff or tariff structure;
governing law and dispute settlement mechanism; consequences of
misappropriation or breach of the agreement; the right to transfer the rights
and obligations of the Promoter to the Lender; title deed during the concession
period and at the end of the term; and financial conditions.
b. Construction Contracts. Developers and Builders Contracts
typically come from a construction services company, joint venture, or
consortium of construction companies. Sometimes the builder also takes on the
role of promoting some BOT projects.
c. Supply Contract. A Supply Contract is a contract between a Promoter
and a Supplier. The supplier is usually BUMN, a private or legal entity that is
granted exclusive rights and supplies raw materials to the facility/project for
its operation duration. The main provisions of the supply contract generally
include the primary conditions; Supply conditions; Quantitative; Quality;
Pricing and price adjustments; Inspection, testing and sampling; transport; and
Default and Termination.
d. Shareholder agreement. Investors provide capital or goods
and are part of a corporate structure that includes vendors, suppliers,
builders, and operators; including Shareholders are made up of financial
institutions and individuals. Investors provide equity to finance the
installation, and this amount is usually determined by the debt/equity ratio
required/set by the Lender or based on regulations.
e. Operating Contracts. Operators are usually appointed
between companies with specific expertise and experience in using a
facility/project or a company specifically established to perform Operation and
maintenance of a particular facility/project. The main terms of the operating
contract, including the scope of Operation, maintenance, training; Operation
time; Mode of Operation; The designation; Costs and resources; participation
level; Licenses, authorizations and permits; Performance, liability and
insurance; Method of collection and exchange rate; Bonuses and fines; Majeure;
Dispute settlement mechanisms; One-time, cost-plus payment mechanism and unit
rate payment; Termination of the agreement; and training schedule.
f. Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement is the basis of an engagement
between the Lender and the�
Promoter. Lenders are generally commercial banks, investment
banks that provide loans in debt to finance a particular project facility. The
Lender will take on the role of coordinating a consortium of lenders or a
syndicated loan.
g. Offtake Contract. A SalesOfftake Contract is
usually carried out between the User and the Promoter in projects such as power
plants. A user is a legal entity or an individual that uses or purchases
products from an installation project. An offtake contract is not required in
projects such as potable water supply, where revenue receipts are derived from
direct community payments for facility use. Key terms of a direct debit
contract typically include limitations; Buyers status;
time for building; Price; fuel reserves; Bonuses and fines; Terms of payment;
Applicable law; 52 Delivery terms; Government support; Majeure; Dispute
settlement mechanism.
5.
Legal analysis of risk
aspects in dispute settlement and assurance for PPP contracts in the supply of
clean water supply infrastructure under the BOT model
Infrastructure projects under the BOT
model are often extensive in scale. Therefore, the scale of risk involved can
also e larger. Consequently, it is necessary to have
the capacity to identify and anticipate these risks, including finding a way
out. In general, the chances e faces can e divided
into typical overall risks and typical fundamental risks. (Cao
et al., 2020); Yan et al., 2019; (Zhang
et al., 2018).
1. Typical goal risks
include:
a. Political risks. Political risks can disrupt political
stability and security; unilateral actions such as expropriation, forced sale
of assets, tariff valuation changes in tax treaties, increases in taxes and
royalties, additions in tax problems with the recovery of profits, changes in
external government turmoil, changes in fiscal policy national - debt levels
and so on. Meanwhile, at the level of the concession itself, the political
risks one may face are other political risks: delays in recognition of benefits
deadlines for accommodations Master of Work pricing questions from the
community compliance with laws and regulations commitment to the terms of the
franchise agreement contract exclusivity and competition from other agencies.
Existing facility.
b. Legal risk. The legal risks of the host country may arise from
conditions such as weak existing legal framework change of law during the time
of franchising disputes in the community, potential conflicts between
international laws etc. national and national laws changing export regulations.
And imports changes in the field of corporate law changes in standards and
regulations aspects of commercial law issues of liability ownership and others.
For concession agreements, legal risk can arise from factors such as the type
of concession agreement changes in obligations or the basis of the existing
legal framework changes in terms of the agreement situation implementation
status and dispute settlement mechanism.
c. Commercial Risk. The problem of continuously having enough raw
materials exchange rate fluctuations, devaluation and the like will
significantly affect the level of business risk.
d. Environmental risks. Factors that can affect ecological
risk include project location, existing ecological constraints, ecological
changes occurring, the influence of pressure groups external factors affecting
the environment. In addition, operational impact environmental impact issues
local community acceptance and ecosystem changes throughout the franchise.
2. Typical Elemental Risks include: (Lewis, 2021), (Rybnicek,
Plakolm, & Baumgartner, 2020)
a. Operation Risks. The level
of risk of construction PPPs can change significantly due to changes in natural
conditions, land, weather, work, worker expertise, construction period,
schedule delays, the technology used, construction contracts, type of contract,
construction costs, availability of designs, availability of information,
according to standards. And specifications.
b. Operational risk. Factors
such as operating conditions, supply of raw materials, whether there are
operational interruptions using methods availability of spare parts warranty
available time cost and training level work "manual" quality and
quantity of personnel etc. Others will significantly affect the small size risk
of the Operation.
c. Financial risk. The issue
of significant small monetary stakes in this BOT project will e largely determined y variables
such as interest rate interest calculation method, loan term payment method
payment schedule, the balance of payments rate of return. In addition, loan
type and source loan availability exchange rate used institutions support
dividend payment timing and amount etc.
d. Revenue Risks. Avenue risk
will also depend mainly on the ability to meet the growing demand required
franchising time needed to install facilities acceptance method currency.
Revenue currency change in formula tariff change in revenue stream etc.
6.
Forms of Guarantee and
Protection for Infrastructure Investment in Water Infrastructure Investment
Contracts
By referring to the various forms of
risk from infrastructure investment as mentioned above, it is necessary to
identify and make an inventory of the conditions of investment protection in
transportation infrastructure development that can e
provided y with the "Host Country", which include, among others: (Debaere & Kapral,� 2021; (Shao,
Tan-Mullins, & Xie, 2021).
a. Investment Guarantee and Protection Based on Concession
Contract Conditions. Concession agreements should apply eale
to provide adequate guarantees and protection to investors political, legal
risks, and commercial risks. Investment guarantees and protections that can e provided include among others increasing political
stability and security; Ensure that expropriation nationalization control and
confiscation are not carried out without justifiable reasons and with adequate
compensation in accordance with applicable international rules; Creating
flexile and dynamic tariffs based on agreements; Predictable increase in tax
and royalty rates and with valid reasons; Not changing the policy regarding the
right of repatriation of profits; Ensure that there is no fundamental change in
investment policy due to a change of Government; Ensure stability in fiscal
policy; Guarantee the process of granting concessions dispensations approvals
permits that are easy cheap and timely; There is support in terms of national
legislation; Strong commitment from the Government to consistently implement
concession contracts; There are no changes regarding the content of the
concession contract; The availability of an effective dispute resolution
mechanism and fair; Guaranteed acceptance in a convertible currency;
Maintaining the stability of exchange rate fluctuations including currency
devaluation; Government guarantees to facilitate resolution of environmental
constraints.
b. Investment guarantee and construction contract protection. The construction
contract must specify the amount of money assigned to the contractor. Committed
to performing the agreement's contents on a good faith basis will e ale to reduce the risk because everything can e calculated carefully.
c. Assurances and protections related to the operating contract.
If issues
related to operation maintenance and training are evident throughout the life
of the Operation, this will reduce the risks
associated with the Operation. Mandarin. So everything
related to this can e detailed in the operating
contract, so hopefully, there won't e any unexpected
problems. Accuracy in negotiating, developing, and finalizing the agreement
will play a significant role. In addition, everything that may arise during the
Operation, especially the risks of surgical
intervention, must e foresaw.
d. Security and protection of shareholders and the loan
agreement.
Risks Possible risks under project funding should e
considered from the outset. Especially in financing projects, banks (lenders)
often require some form of guarantee from the money deliverer. In Indonesia,
especially for infrastructure development, such contracts have already begun to
e prepared, including provision disbursement and
monitoring of infrastructure support funds. And related organizations such as
the BLU (public service agency). Another form of support is more accessible
access to infrastructure financing through local banks. Investors need to
prepare their capital to build and operate transport infrastructure projects
with this guarantee.
e. Assurance and risk protection on the part of the recipient. Efforts to reduce risk
are accepted as a risk- sharing mechanism that the host country may offer
during the concession period. Another thing that can e
done is to adjust the tariff to ensure that the economy of the activities
carried out is guaranteed.
7.
Legal analysis is based on
the interests of the government investors and the public interest of the PPP
project in acquiring domestic water supply infrastructure.
The application of the BOT model in
the acquisition of facilities infrastructure, particularly in the field of
clean water supply infrastructure, is an option worth considering.(Debaere & Kapral, 2021; Jokar et al., 2021) By applying the BOT model, it is hoped
that more infrastructure can build. The availability of drinking water supply
infrastructures such as transmission and distribution channels. Furthermore,
water treatment facilities etc., which can support efficient economic activity,
will increase the competitiveness of investments and promote economic growth.
From the investor's point of view, PPP is an attractive and promising field of
activity. From the investor's point of view, PPP is a good field of activity.
Therefore, various incentive programs are offered: land; tariff adjustment;
guaranteed investment; tax incentives; share the risk; access to finance;
business security including legal certainty; refundable investment; and others
will give you the confidence to invest, especially if the return on investment
is considered high enough.
In the public interest, people
benefit from good drinking water supply infrastructure. This benefit will
further facilitate community activities, especially economic activities.
Providing quality, safe, secure and flowing drinking water will also increase
efficiency helping to increase achievable profit margins. However, it is also
possible that communities face higher costs if the infrastructure acquisition
is made y the private sector than if it is done y the Government. Here the Government needs to balance the
interests and guarantees of supply to the private sector (investors) with the
benefits of public services. And community capacity elsewhere. In the interest
of the Government, the cooperation program between the Government and private
investors in the construction and operation of water supply infrastructure will
significantly reduce the burden on the government budget. The benefits of PPP
for the Government include that most of the development costs are funded by the
private sector. Some of the risk is borne by the private sector. Availability
of better drinking water supply infrastructure. The public service sector is
improving. Obtain additional sources of state revenue.
The benefits of PPP for the
Government include Government obtaining a different development budget from the
private sector. In addition, some of the risks are borne by the private sector.
For example, the Government can provide better drinking water supply
infrastructure. Furthermore, the public service sector improves security and
legal protection. In any investment activity, adequate guarantees and legal
protection are essential. Moreover, from an investment perspective, legal
assurances and protections provide extra security, making things easier to
predict.
Moreover, for
the interests of (foreign) investors, the existence of adequate legal
guarantees and protections for the legal rights and rights held y foreign (alien) individual juridical persons Holding
increases confidence and investment comfort. All business and cooperation
activities always involve risks. It is reasonable. The risks arising from PPPs
in the construction and operation of drinking water supply infrastructure can
be reduced.
To minimize the chances of
cooperating with a BOT system, the government and private investors must e willing to share the risks. Equal and fair sharing of
risks strengthens the partnership. In any cooperation, including cooperation in
water supply infrastructure development, disputes may arise regarding the
interpretation and performance of the contract. Such things are no exception in
cooperation contracts under the BOT model. To anticipate the possibility of a
dispute, ideally, the BOT contract should define clear dispute resolution
procedures and mechanisms for both parties. The clarity of the dispute
resolution provision should cover all stages from dispute resolution from
negotiation or other ADR options to settlement through arbitration (decision
making) y arbitration. During the construction and Operation of clean water
supply infrastructure such as transmission and distribution lines reservoirs,
wastewater treatment plants etc., the demand for land and structures will
certainly not be possible to separate. A form of cooperation between the
Government and the private sector often encounters problems with land and
buildings. Fortunately, the Government's position as one of the parties to the
BOT contract affords authority and flexibility in land use for the benefit of
the community at large.
Conclusion
The Government can guarantee the right to drink water to the
people of the Gresik District. Even with a limited budget, the Government can
provide clean water supply infrastructure through the PPP mechanism with the
BOT model. Furthermore, the Government can deliver regulatory guarantees to
water infrastructure projects in the capital Gresik through the PPP scheme.
Therefore, the Government can ensure the exercise of the right to enter
drinking water for the people of the Gresik District.
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