This Request for Proposals (the “RFP”) is an invitation by Cassellholme, East Nipissing Home for the Aged (“Cassellholme”) to prospective proponents to submit proposals for the Cassellholme Redevelopment, East Nipissing Home for the Aged Project, as further described in Section A of the RFP Particulars (Appendix D) (the “Deliverables”).
Cassellholme is a two-hundred-forty-bed (240-bed) not-for-profit home for the aged located in North Bay, Ontario. As the district home for the aged for East Nipissing, Cassellholme serves citizens not only from North Bay but also the surrounding communities, including East Ferris, Bonfield, Chisholm, and more.
As part of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (“MOHLTC”) Long-Term Care Home Renewal Strategy, Cassellholme has opted to redevelop the facility’s existing two hundred forty (240) beds, of which one hundred eighty-four (184) have been designated by the MOHLTC as C-level beds, while the remaining fifty-six (56) were designated B-level beds. Cassellholme has been approved for an additional twenty-four (24) new long-term care (“LTC”) beds, bringing the facility total to two hundred sixty-four (264), which is helping to address demand for services in the area and provincially. These additional beds have also provided opportunities to optimize the efficiency of the new facility’s design. The design presented herein in therefore based upon two hundred sixty-four (264) beds, to which one hundred six (106) have been designed as basic beds, one hundred four (104) have been designed as semi-private beds, and fifty-four (54) have been designed as private beds.
The Board of Management for Cassellholme elected to pursue a rebuild option on the site of the existing home, in a manner which will result in a completely new facility. The strategy involves a phased construction approach. Phase One can be completed with minimal impact to the existing home.
Near the end of Phase One, a temporary link will be constructed between the existing facility and the Phase One construction, granting the new west wing full access to services offered from the existing facility. With Phase One ready for occupancy, residents occupying the two (2) single-storey portions of the existing home (namely, the Apple and Maple Resident Home Areas (“RHA”s)) will be transferred into the new west wing to permit the demolition of this portion of the facility allowing construction of the balance of the new home (Phase Two) to proceed. The North Tower elevator addition will occur at the start of Phase Two. After the completion of Phase Two, the remainder of the existing home, with the exception of the North Wing, will be demolished and the remaining site work will be completed. This strategy, as described in more detail below, will require no bed closures or off-site accommodation.
