The request for proposals (RFP) stage has closed for shortlisted teams to submit bids to design, build, finance and maintain the new Phase 1 Patient Tower project at Etobicoke General Hospital in Ontario, Canada.

Over the next several months, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and William Osler Health System will evaluate the proposals from the following shortlisted teams:

• EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare
  • Developer: EllisDon Capital Inc.
  • Design: CannonDesign Ltd.
  • Construction: EllisDon Design Build Inc.
  • Facilities management: Johnson Controls Canada L.P
  • Financial advisor: CIBC World Markets Inc.

• Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership
  • Developer: Fiera Axium Infrastructure Canada II LP and DIF Infra 3 Canada Ltd.
  • Design: HDR Inc.
  • Construction: Walsh Canada
  • Facilities management: Cofely Services Inc.
  • Financial advisor: Brookfield Financial Corp.

• Plenary Health
  • Developer: Plenary Group ( Canada ) Ltd and PCL Investments Canada Inc.
  • Design: RTKL Associates Inc. and NORR Architects Engineers Planners
  • Construction: PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
  • Facilities management: Honeywell Limited
  • Financial advisor: RBC Capital Markets

The successful bidder and contract cost will be announced publicly following financial close, which is expected in spring 2016. Construction is scheduled to begin shortly thereafter

The new Phase 1 Patient Tower project, involving the construction of a new four-storey tower, will add approximately 250,000 square feet of space to the existing facility and house the services most urgently needed by the Etobicoke community. Some features of the project include:

• a larger, state-of-the-art emergency department to support best practices in emergency care;
• an ICU/CCU that is nearly four times larger than the current space. Larger patient rooms will be filled with natural light and provide privacy and space to comfortably accommodate family members;
• a maternal newborn unit with birthing suites and a specialized Level II nursery;
• an ambulatory procedures unit featuring procedure/operating rooms, pre- and post-op preparation and recovery areas and dedicated clinic spaces, including a respiratory clinic.

Etobicoke  is a former municipality within the western part of the city of Toronto,Ontario. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the east by the Humber River.