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Published in: Public Organization Review 1/2020

13-09-2018

DBFOM Contracting and Public Stewardship in the Norfolk-Portsmouth Elizabeth River Tunnels Public-Private Partnership

Authors: Joshua Steinfeld, Ron Carlee, Kouliga Koala

Published in: Public Organization Review | Issue 1/2020

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In 2011, the Virginia Department of Transportation issued a request for proposals to upgrade the Norfolk-Portsmouth Elizabeth River Midtown and Downtown Tunnels. The project involved government contracting with a local subsidiary of two foreign entities that would handle all project phases according to a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM) contract. The case of the Elizabeth River Tunnels (ERT) project is examined through the perspective of transaction cost theory and evaluates the DBFOM contracting method according to its impact on public stewardship. The research findings improve understanding of public-private partnerships (PPPs) by examining the connection between transaction costs and public stewardship.
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Metadata
Title
DBFOM Contracting and Public Stewardship in the Norfolk-Portsmouth Elizabeth River Tunnels Public-Private Partnership
Authors
Joshua Steinfeld
Ron Carlee
Kouliga Koala
Publication date
13-09-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Public Organization Review / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-018-0426-6

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