Posted on 24-06-2010 at 08:10
Bid Writing for the NHS
Some of the biggest names in contracting are battling for the £400 million contract to replace Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
The UK’s biggest two contractors by turnover, Balfour Beatty and Carillion, are both understood to have expressed their interest in the 30-year PFI deal to design, build, finance and operate the new facility.
Spanish construction giant FCC is believed to have joined the competition in a joint venture with Interserve, which would provide facilities management.
Health sector specialist Brookfield is also thought to have met the 2 June PQQ deadline for the project, which will be sited on a cleared area on the existing hospital site.
Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust will shortlist three firms on 13 July. It is not known whether other PQQs were submitted.
The chosen three will enter competitive dialogue, with one eliminated in the autumn and the remaining two submitting final bids in February 2011.
A preferred bidder is set to be named next summer, with financial close and start on site in early 2012.
The new hospital will take about three years and nine months to construct, and this will be followed by three years during which the existing hospital and associated buildings will be emptied and demolished and the site cleared and landscaped.
Up to £280 million and 89,000 sq m of the project will be funded by the PFI, while the Treasury Infrastructure Finance Unit may also provide debt finance if needed.
The UK’s biggest two contractors by turnover, Balfour Beatty and Carillion, are both understood to have expressed their interest in the 30-year PFI deal to design, build, finance and operate the new facility.
Spanish construction giant FCC is believed to have joined the competition in a joint venture with Interserve, which would provide facilities management.
Health sector specialist Brookfield is also thought to have met the 2 June PQQ deadline for the project, which will be sited on a cleared area on the existing hospital site.
Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust will shortlist three firms on 13 July. It is not known whether other PQQs were submitted.
The chosen three will enter competitive dialogue, with one eliminated in the autumn and the remaining two submitting final bids in February 2011.
A preferred bidder is set to be named next summer, with financial close and start on site in early 2012.
The new hospital will take about three years and nine months to construct, and this will be followed by three years during which the existing hospital and associated buildings will be emptied and demolished and the site cleared and landscaped.
Up to £280 million and 89,000 sq m of the project will be funded by the PFI, while the Treasury Infrastructure Finance Unit may also provide debt finance if needed.
Writing a Bid for the NHS
The bid writers are going to have their work cut out on this one and it got me thinking how the teams of people involved keep their motivation levels high. Writing a bid that can last several years is tough. Even tougher if you write a bid and it does not win. Imagine writing a number of bids like the one below and not winning!!
Bidders will be required to prepare a masterplan for the whole site, including for future investment programmes not included in this contract, such as a new biomedical campus and potential transfer of cancer services.
The redevelopment was approved by former health secretary Andy Burnham, but is understood to be under review by the coalition Government.
However, the hospital has insisted it is “business as usual” for the procurement process.
Current plans are for the building to be 10 floors high. However, the outline planning permission would allow the building to be slightly taller if necessary.
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The redevelopment was approved by former health secretary Andy Burnham, but is understood to be under review by the coalition Government.
However, the hospital has insisted it is “business as usual” for the procurement process.
Current plans are for the building to be 10 floors high. However, the outline planning permission would allow the building to be slightly taller if necessary.
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