Significant changes to the PRIF CO staff (3 to 6 full time staff with 14 different consultants hired under 21 individual contracts) led to challenges in the delivery of services. An operational review conducted in 2018 proposed new operational structures to address “the need for longer-term funding certainty and broader funding base” and “the desire to provide greater stability in PRIF CO management and PRIF CO core team.” Majority of the individual consultants engaged for the TA performed satisfactorily. A few individual consultants were noted to be excellent in their work and the new phase of PRIF, TA 9819-REG continues to work with them. PRIF CO team and the user unit had occasional issues with less than 10 individual consultants, which were dealt with amicably without affecting the TA outcome and outputs.
Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office