The world's largest medical complex will be built in the capital of Turkey, Ankara Etlik Health Campus tender took place two days ago. The hospital project has been awarded to Italian Astaldi partnership with Turkerler Construction.

Turkish-Italian construction effort on campus will be finished in three years by the Turkerler-Astaldi partnership and the concession period will be 25 years.

The lowest bidder was Astaldi partnership with the Turkerler Construction; 319 million pounds ($197 million) a year of rent.

IC Ictas Construction-Dia Holding offered  321.90 million pounds ($199 million) a year of rent. And YDA Construction-INSO System SPA offered 322.5 million $199.5 million.

The 600,000 sq m new construction facility, which is designed using a public private partnership (PPP) model, is the first large-scale project in the Turkish Ministry of Health's re-imagination of the public health system.

The Etlik medical campus consists of six free-standing hospitals: general hospital, cardiovascular, orthopedics/neurosciences, children's, women's and oncology facilities that are connected by a diagnostic and treatment base that share some of its services with the specialty facilities.