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Kathuria, S. (2005). 'An Overview of Share-in-Savings Contracting'. Contract Management 45(11): 28.
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This article focuses on the arguments about share-in-savings (SIS) contracting related to fiscal and managerial accountability and includes a comparative analysis between SIS contracts in the US and public-private partnerships in the UK. Under SIS contracts, contractors get paid from the savings generated by a contract with an executive agency. Furthermore, the agency may keep its share of any savings if it uses the money on information technology. For SIS contracting to work as intended, federal agencies must be able to measure savings accurately. Similar to SIS contracts, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are used in the UK and elsewhere in Europe to finance public works projects. There are similarities in the implementation of PPPs and SIS contracts. In the UK, task forces have been established to coordinate best practices of public-private partnerships. Likewise, the General Services Administration has established a SIS Program Office to assist agencies and awarded blanket purchase agreements to large contractors setting forth standard SIS provisions.