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Nov 19, 2018

R Sheet on Water Infrastructure Procurement

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Key Points

  1. 1) Outdated rules that mandate particular materials for water infrastructure increase costs and water rates.
  2. 2) Implementing open-procurement practices that lack these mandates could yield cost savings from 26 to 39 percent.
  3. 3) State public-private partnership (P3) offices are well positioned to coordinate and advise municipal-procurement reform.
  4. 4) Legislative staff are positioned to compile procurement reform options as part of capital-budgeting processes.

Nick Zaiac

Associate Fellow

C. Jarrett Dieterle

Resident Senior Fellow, Competition Policy

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