Public Sector Comparator (PSC)
The authority’s estimate of what an asset would cost to build, run and maintain if it delivered it publicly, including an adjustment for the construction and operating risks it would retain, discounted at the public sector rate. It is the benchmark a PPP’s payments are compared with in the value-for-money test.
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