Ontario Construction News staff writer
Amico Sacyr Alliance, EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare and Pomerleau Healthcare Partners have been prequalified to design, build and finance the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital (WLMH) redevelopment project in Grimsby.
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Hamilton Health Sciences will issue a request for proposals (RFP) to the three shortlisted teams this summer and pick a winning bidder by next spring. The process for full submissions opens in July and the successful team will be announced in spring 2022.
“The WLMH RFQ generated interest from leading private-sector teams who want to bring this exciting project to life,” said Kelly Campbell, VP Corporate Services and Capital Development.
“Together with Infrastructure Ontario, we are encouraged by the quality of submissions received and look forward to seeing the full proposals from the shortlisted teams in the coming months. By this time next year, the successful design-build team will be selected; one of the final pieces before getting shovels into the ground.”
Teams were chosen from bidders responding to a request for qualifications (RFQ) issued in November. Selection criteria included design and construction capability, experience, qualified personnel and financial capacity to undertake a project of this size and scope.
The prequalified teams and their prime team members are:
Amico Sacyr Alliance
- Applicant lead: Amico Design Build Inc. (50%), Sacyr Construction S.A (50%)
- Design team: IBI Group Architects Canada
- Construction team: Amico Design Build Inc. (50%), Sacyr Construction S.A (50%)
- Financial advisor: Operis Business Engineering Limited
EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare
- Applicant leads: EllisDon Corporation
- Design team: Parkin Architects Limited
- Construction team: EllisDon Corporation
- Financial advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.
Pomerleau Healthcare Partners
- Applicant lead: Pomerleau Inc.
- Design team: Cumulus Architects Inc, WalterFedy
- Construction team: Pomerleau Inc.
- Financial advisor: Pomerleau Inc.
“We are encouraged by the quality of submissions received and look forward to seeing the full proposals from the shortlisted teams in the coming months,” Kelly Campbell, vice-president of Corporate Services and Capital Development at Hamilton Health Sciences, said in a news release.
“By this time next year, the successful design-build team will be selected; one of the final pieces before getting shovels into the ground.”
The project includes building a new, larger facility on a site behind the current West Lincoln Memorial in Grimsby with a 24-hour emergency department, acute inpatient beds, day surgical services and advanced diagnostics service space.
In the spring P3 market update, IO estimated the cost of the project between $200 million and $499 million.
“The selection of three highly qualified teams to move on to the request for proposals stage is a significant project milestone,” said Angela Clayton, president, project delivery, Infrastructure Ontario.
“Through IO’s P3 process, we are confident these teams will submit competitive bids that will result in the delivery of a state-of-the-art hospital to serve West Niagara for years to come. We are delighted to once again partner with Hamilton Health Sciences as we set our collective sights toward breaking ground in spring 2022.”