BRAMPTON - The request for proposals stage has closed for shortlisted teams to submit bids to design, build, finance and maintain the new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness.

The new Peel Memorial will provide patients with specialized care in a modern facility. It will serve as a model for community partnerships, offering more choices for patients, increased access to high quality services and innovative models of care. Main areas of services will include:

  • rehabilitation and senior's wellness
  • mental health and addictions programs
  • women's and children's wellness programs
  • medical/surgical services focusing on chronic disease management and preventative care
  • urgent care and day surgeries
  • diagnostic services, including CT, x-ray and ultrasound, laboratory, pharmacy and neurology/cardiac diagnostics and family health
  • preventative care for chronic conditions such as diabetes and asthma

The project will focus on sustainable design and construction, with the goal of achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver certification. LEED® buildings focus on healthy indoor environments, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and efficient use of energy, water and other resources.

Over the next several months, Infrastructure Ontario and the William Osler Health System redevelopment team will evaluate the proposals from Integrated Team Solutions, Peel Healthcare Partnership and Plenary Health. The successful bidder and cost of the project will be announced publicly following financial close, anticipated for spring 2014. Construction is expected to begin shortly after.

Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are working with William Osler Health System to develop the new Peel Memorial, which will be publicly owned and publicly controlled.

Infrastructure Ontario is a Crown agency of the Province of Ontario that delivers large, complex infrastructure renewal projects on time and on budget. Over the last six years, the province has applied Infrastructure Ontario's alternative financing and procurement model to 83 major projects valued at approximately $38 billion, saving taxpayers an estimated $3 billion. Infrastructure Ontario also manages one of the largest real estate portfolios in Canada, provides municipalities and eligible public sector clients with financing to renew public infrastructure, and leverages its private-sector expertise to manage major commercial transactions on behalf of the province.

William Osler Health System is a hospital system serving Brampton, Etobicoke, and surrounding communities of the Central West Local Health Integration Network, and has been accredited with Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada. As one of Ontario's largest community hospitals, Osler serves a population of over 1.3 million people living in one of the fastest growing and most culturally diverse regions in Canada. Osler emergency departments are among the busiest in the province and its labour and delivery program is one of the largest in Ontario.

Visit www.infrastructureontairo.ca and www.williamoslerhs.ca for more information.

Quotes:

Linda Jeffrey, MPP for Brampton-Springdale
“The redevelopment of Peel Memorial Hospital will offer more care options for Brampton patients and their loved ones close to home. I am thrilled to see this important project take another step forward and I can't wait for construction to begin next year.”

Vic Dhillon, MPP for Brampton West
“Our government is investing in health care infrastructure so that patients in Brampton have access to the right care where and when they need it. This community will reap the benefits from this project for years to come.”

Neil Davis, Vice Chair, William Osler Health System Board of Directors
“This announcement is great news for Brampton and the surrounding areas. The new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness will be a forerunner of how health care is delivered in the future, with Osler health care providers, family physicians and community health partners coming together to provide exemplary health care services, in one convenient, campus-like setting.”

Matthew Anderson, President and CEO, William Osler Health System
“New and expanded services at Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness will improve access to important health services that people in our region rely on most, and provide more options for the hundreds of thousands of patients who receive care and treatment at Osler sites each year. Further, this new hospital's focus on health, wellness and prevention will support people in managing some of the key health challenges facing our community, including chronic disease. We look forward to work starting on the site of the new Peel Memorial in Spring 2014.”

Contacts:

Terence Foran
Infrastructure Ontario
416-325-2939

Cara Francis
William Osler Health System
905-494-2120 ext.59467

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