Ministry of Public works in Chile has launched an invitation for bids seeking a private partner for Hospital PPP concession located in La Serena, Coquimbo. The private partner will be responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of the new facilities, as well as the provision, replacement, assembly, and maintenance of medical equipment and furniture. The concession period for the project is 19 years.

The hospital will cover 121,000 m² and will comprise 668 beds, distributed in 146 beds for critical patients, 332 for medical-surgical, 90 gyneco-obstetric, 48 pediatric, 18 neonatological and 34 for adult psychiatry. The hospital complex will also cover 15 pavilions, 85 boxes for medical, dental, and non-medical consultations, 6 rooms for comprehensive childbirth care and emergency service.

The project, which is part of the National Plan for Investments in Health, will benefit about 723 thousand residents of the communes of La Serena, La Higuera, Vicuña and Paihuano and other benchmarks in the Coquimbo Region.

It is estimated that this project will be awarded at the end of this year and that its construction will begin during the first half of 2023, which would allow it to operate in the first half of 2026.

The deadline to submit the bids is June 13, 2021. For more information about this tender, please visit our business opportunity page here.