Infrastructure Ontario (Canada) has announced that the request for proposals (RFP) stage has closed for shortlisted teams to submit bids to design, build, finance and maintain the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital.

Following a request for qualifications process, three shortlisted teams were invited to respond to a request for proposals in June 2015. Two teams have submitted bids.

Plenary Health:

• Developer: Plenary Group Ltd.,
• Design: Stantec Architecture Ltd., RTKL,
• Construction: PCL Constructors,
• Facilities management: Johnson Controls Canada LP,
• Financial Advisor: Plenary Group Ltd., RBC Capital Markets.

Hospital Infrastructure Partners:

• Developer: Fengate Capital Management Ltd., EllisDon Capital Inc., Carillion Canada Inc.,
• Design: Adamson Architects, Parkin Architects,
• Construction: EllisDon Capital Inc., Carillion Canada Inc.,
• Facilities management: Carillion Canada Inc., EllisDon Capital Inc.,
• Financial Advisor: CIBC Capital Markets, Fengate Capital Management Ltd.

The other shortlisted team, Mackenzie Vaughan Health Partnership, withdrew from the RFP process.

The project is on track for on-time delivery with construction expected to begin later this year. Over the next several months, IO and Mackenzie Health will evaluate the proposals. The preferred proponent is expected to be announced in summer 2016 with financial close and construction following in the fall.

The new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital will include:

• a state-of-the-art emergency department
• modern surgical services and operating rooms
• advanced diagnostic imaging
• specialized ambulatory clinics and intensive care beds
• single acute-care patient rooms for infection prevention and control
• integrated "smart" digital technology systems that deliver the right information, to the right point of care, at the right time, to enhance the patient care experience

This project is being delivered using IO’s Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) model, an innovative way of financing and procuring large, complex public infrastructure projects. IO and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are working with Mackenzie Health to build the new facility, which will be publicly owned, controlled and accountable.

Mackenzie Health is a regional healthcare provider that includes Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and the future Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital as well as a network of community based services in Southwest York Region and beyond.