The Ministry of Health of the Government of British Columbia has launched the Request for Proposals to choose a team to design, build, finance, and maintain two new hospitals in Comox Valley and Campbell River, the so-called North Island hospitals.

The release of the Request for Proposals follows the announcement of the shortlisted proponent teams on Oct. 4, 2012. Three qualified teams were selected from a group of eight that responded to the Request for Qualifications, which closed on Aug. 8, 2012. Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) expects to award the contract in early 2014. Construction will begin soon after, and the hospitals are expected to be completed in 2017.

The three teams selected to move forward to the Request for Proposals stage are:

Team: Arbutus Healthcare Partners• Carillion Canada Inc.• Bird Capital Limited• Concert Infrastructure Ltd.• Carillion/Bird Design-Build Joint Venture• Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.• NBBJ Architecture• Campbell Construction Ltd.

Team: Plenary Health• Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd.• PCL Constructors• Westcoast Inc.• CEI Architecture Planning Interiors• Parkin Architects Western Ltd.• Johnson Controls IncTeam: Tandem Health Partners• Balfour Beatty Capital - Canada Inc.• Gracorp Capital Advisors Ltd.• Connor Clark & Lunn• GVest Traditional Infrastructure LP• Graham Design Builders LP• Farmer Construction Ltd.• Stantec Inc.• Honeywell International Inc.

The North Island Hospitals Project includes a new 95"bed hospital in Campbell River and a new hospital in the Comox Valley with capacity for up to 153 beds.

The estimated capital cost for the project is of C$600 million. All health"care services will continue to be funded by the Province and delivered by Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA). The selected partner will design, build, finance and maintain the new infrastructure to be put in place.

Source: Partnerships BC