Relocation services

Tender description

This tender was for the provision of: — Removal Services for the Migration of Royal Hospital for Sick Children, — Child and Adolescent Mental Health from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from the Western General Hospital, — Edinburgh, to the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Little France, Edinburgh. This tender was for the Selection of: — Removal Services Contractor for the Migration of Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, — Western General Hospital and Child and — Adolescent Mental Health from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and DCN, Edinburgh. Lothian Health Board had a requirement to secure the services of a removal contractor with proven ability and experience to undertake this highly complex multi-site hospital relocation service. The removals consist of a variety of equipment and medical records ranging from office and general ward furniture to specialised medical equipment. The removal contractor appointed was required to demonstrate their ability to provide the necessary internal project management skills to ensure smooth delivery of the detailed and complex sequence of removals. This would involve a deal of flexibility and may necessitate working a variety of shift patterns including evening and night shifts, weekends and public holidays. The Board required the relocation of staff and services in a single phase move over a 2 week period to include all inpatient, outpatient, acute and supporting Administration activities.