219116 - Medical Equipment Advisory Services RFP for Fort St. John Long-Term Care Project

Northern Health Authority (Northern Health) has received business plan approval for a new Fort St. John Long-Term Care Facility and an expansion to the existing food services area at the Fort St. John Hospital (the Project). The new facility will be comprised of 84 new singlebedroom beds for long-term care, a 30-space adult day program with social and recreational spaces, a range of support spaces and 62 surface parking stalls. It is anticipated the new facility will be a four-storey concrete and steel building, approximately 11,200 m2 in size, and will meet LEED® Gold requirements. The Project will be constructed on the Fort St. John Hospital site adjacent to, and interconnected, with the existing Peace Villa Long-Term Care Facility (Peace Villa) through a passageway. The Project will be procured using a Design-Build (DB) procurement model.

Northern Health serves approximately 300,000 residents throughout 32 communities and 55 First Nations communities found in 6 regional districts of Northern British Columbia (B.C.). Northern Health employs or contracts approximately 7,000 health care professionals across its areas.

Northern Health has engaged Infrastructure BC Inc. (Infrastructure BC) to manage the Advisor Selection Process for this Project. Infrastructure BC supports the public sector by working with owners to deliver complex public infrastructure in an evolving world.

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to invite Proposals from qualified and experienced teams to prepare and submit Proposals to provide Medical Equipment Advisory Services in connection with the development of the Project.