Request For Qualifications Issued For Phase Two Restructuring Project

SUDBURY - Residents of the Sudbury region took another step toward improved healthcare today with the release of a request for qualifications (RFQ) to shortlist teams to build and finance the redevelopment at the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital.

“This marks another milestone for the Sudbury region.  I'm pleased to announce that the phase two restructuring project is moving forward in its development plans,” said Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal David Caplan. “This project is one of many in the McGuinty government's five-year $30-billion infrastructure renewal plan to modernize infrastructure and ensure value for taxpayer dollars as we build strong, prosperous communities.”

"Our government is delivering what was first promised in 1996," said Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci. "Our government, while balancing the interests of all Ontario communities, is committed in a very tangible way to the completion of our hospital, which as a north-eastern referral centre, is essential to the citizens of this region."

"To witness a concrete indication that Sudbury's one-site hospital is moving forward is a tremendous boost for northerners, our patients, and the hospital's staff, physicians and volunteers. This is a great example of a community working together and with the provincial government to make a real difference," said Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital president and CEO Vickie Kaminski.

Once qualified project teams have been short-listed, it is anticipated they will be invited to respond to a request for proposal (RFP) in summer 2006.

The Sudbury Hospital RFQ was issued as part of a combined qualification process including five other infrastructure projects across the province.

The hospital will manage this project with Infrastructure Ontario, a provincial crown corporation, under the government's Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) program - part of ReNew Ontario, a five-year infrastructure investment plan.

This project also supports the McGuinty government's plan to build a healthcare system that focuses on three priorities - keeping Ontarians healthy, reducing wait times and improving access to doctors and nurses. 

The redeveloped facilities, like all hospitals in Ontario, will be publicly owned and publicly controlled.

Contacts:

Wilson Lee
Minister's Office
Public Infrastructure Renewal
416-325-8735

Neil Trotter
Infrastructure Ontario
416-325-7409

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