# Publication timing

## Stages

Information about a Public Private Partnership project will become available at many different stages.

The reference page includes information about the stage at which certain information should be made available.

OCDS is designed to support real-time publication of information, so within each stage there may be multiple points where new or updated information is available. Each time information is provided, we call this an OCDS 'release'.

A PPP process is likely to involve the stages below, the following release identifiers are a guide and additional releases can be made at any stage of the project.

### PP: Pre-Procurement

| Sub-stage | Recommended release identifier | Recommended release tag |
| - | - | - |
| 1.1 Consultation | 1.1.X | planning |
| 1.2 Planning | 1.2.X | planning |
| 1.3 Approvals & budget allocations | 1.3.X | planning |

### P: Procurement

| Sub-stage | Recommended release identifier | Recommended release tag |
| - | - | - |
| 2.1 First stage (all procedures) | 2.1.X | tender |
| 2.2 Shortlist | 2.2.X | tenderUpdate |
| 3.1 Second stage (multi-stage procedures) | 3.1.X | tender |
| 3.2 Meetings | 3.2.X | tenderUpdate |
| 3.3 Shortlist | 3.3.X | tenderUpdate |

### A: Award

| Sub-stage | Recommended release identifier | Recommended release tag |
| - | - | - |
| 4.1 Award | 4.1.X | award |

### CC: Post Commercial-Close

| Sub-stage | Recommended release identifier | Recommended release tag |
| - | - | - |
| 5.1 Contract signed (commercial close) | 5.1.X | contract |
| 5.2 Financial close | 5.2.X | contract |

### I: Implementation

| Sub-stage | Recommended release identifier | Recommended release tag |
| - | - | - |
| 6.1 Implementation report | 6.1.X | implementation |

### R: Renegotiation

| Sub-stage | Recommended release identifier | Recommended release tag |
| - | - | - |
| 7.1 Contract renegotiation | 7.1.X | contractUpdate |