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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Sinai Health System have awarded a fixed-price contract to EllisDon Capital Inc. to build and finance Sinai Health System's Phase 3A redevelopment project at Mount Sinai Hospital. The contract between EllisDon and Sinai Health System is for CAD288.5 million (US$214 million).

An open, competitive request for qualifications process, overseen by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Sinai Health System, began in August 2015.

As we reported in late January , two teams - EllisDon Capital Inc., and Walsh Canada submitted bids in the RFP stage. 

The project is a large-scale renovation of several key areas of Mount Sinai Hospital, including:

• redevelopment of the Critical Care Unit
• expansion and redesign of the Emergency Department, Operating Rooms and Surgical Services
• increased Medical/Surgery Inpatient capacity
• redesign of some of the Ambulatory Care areas
• redevelopment of a full-service, in-house Medical Devices Reprocessing Department

Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, said:

“This is an exciting step forward in the redevelopment of Mount Sinai Hospital that will transform the hospital's facilities and capacity. Our government is committed to investing in infrastructure projects that improve the lives of people in Ontario, who deserve high-quality, safe patient care for generations to come.”

Ehren Cory, President and CEO, Infrastructure Ontario, stated: 

“We are proud to see this very complex project reach this important milestone and look forward to the start of work on the project in the coming months.”

Dr. Gary Newton, President and CEO, Sinai Health System, commented:

“As we embark on the largest capital redevelopment in our history, I am confident that the impact will be transformative for patient care. Our increasingly complex patient population, and rising patient volumes require growth and upgrading of our facilities, which support leading practices in our priority areas including surgical oncology, emergency medicine, and chronic disease management. The extensive renewal of key areas of our hospital will create both increased capacity for our growing community and a state of the art patient and family-centred environment that will allow us to continue the excellent clinical care that we deliver every day.”