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ABSTRACT
Pre qualification (PQ) is a significant process in the selection of private sector for delivery of civil
infrastructure projects. But, the extant literature, for the most part, focused on PQ of construction
projects. The need for setting proper PQ i.e. criteria and corresponding limits in public-private
partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects is still a lacuna in the body of knowledge of Indian PPPs.
To this end, PQ criteria of a data set containing 258 projects were identified and their criteria
were subjected to regression modelling and statistical analysis over the influential parameters of
pre qualification. This paper discusses the trends of pre qualification limits used in the National
Highway PPP projects in India under zone wise, PPP mode wise, and state wise. GDP has not effect
on the PQ limits except the influence of global financial crisis but the financial limits increase as
project cost increased. Deviation from the conventional pre qualification limits has been observed
in some projects. The paper further presents that deviation and the factors which triggers the
deviation.
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PhD Research Scholar,
2 Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam
Associate Professor, E-mail: boeing@iitg.ernet.in,