Shortlisted companies invited to bid on the Credit Valley Hospital Priority Areas Redevelopment project

MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 20, 2014 /CNW/ - Infrastructure Ontario and Trillium Health Partners will release shortly a request for proposals to the five companies shortlisted to build and finance the Credit Valley Hospital Priority Areas Redevelopment Project.

A request for qualifications issued in May 2013 shortlisted the top five companies with the required construction capability, experience and financial capacity to undertake a project of this size and complexity.  The companies invited to bid are:

• Bondfield Construction Company Limited
• EllisDon
• Graham-Harbridge + Cross Joint Venture
• PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
• Walsh Canada

Highlights of the redevelopment project include:

• the complete renovation and expansion of the emergency department
• a new six-bay ambulance garage
• the renovation and expansion of the surgical and peri-operative department
• new and expanded facilities for the critical care unit
• renovations to the diagnostic imaging department

Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are working with Trillium Health Partners to redevelop the Credit Valley Hospital site, which will remain publicly owned, publicly controlled and publicly accountable.  Previously, Infrastructure Ontario worked with Credit Valley Hospital to deliver the Phase II Redevelopment project, which was completed on budget and ahead of schedule in March 2011.

Trillium Health Partners is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities. Trillium Health Partners is affiliated with the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Mississauga Academy of Medicine.

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.

Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca and www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca for more information.

Quotes:

Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
"I'm pleased to see Credit Valley's redevelopment project take another step forward. This project will ensure patients continue to have access to the right care, in the right place and at the right time."

Bob Delaney, MPP for Mississauga-Streetsville
"Seven years ago, I pledged to work with our hospital and bring the mandate and resources to serve our community with Phase III and the much-needed new facilities it will bring to western Mississauga. This announcement is a promise kept as the project now goes to competitive bids."

Michelle DiEmanuele, President and CEO, Trillium Health Partners
"Trillium Health Partners serves a growing and diverse community, receiving 1.5 million patient visits per year. This includes over 250,000 visits to our Emergency and Urgent Care Centres. We're very happy these renovations to our Credit Valley Hospital Emergency, Critical Care, Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging departments are moving forward. This work will help ease some of the pressures we are currently facing and increase access to much needed services."

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SOURCE: Infrastructure Ontario

Paulette den Elzen, Infrastructure Ontario, 416-327-5764; Suset Silva, Trillium Health Partners, 647-628-8777