Healthcare Equipment Planning Consultant – Hospitals of the Future

Tender description

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (“the Trust”) Hospitals of the Future Project was included within Phase 1 of the UK Government's flagship Health Infrastructure Plan ('HIP') and will be among one of the first projects to be delivered. The Trust is proposing a major redevelopment of the Leeds General Infirmary hospital site to create modern, state of the art healthcare facilities that will expand the Trust's world-class healthcare services. The new healthcare facilities, in the region of 94,000m2 will include a new Children’s Hospital, alongside a new Adult Hospital that will include a new Maternity Centre and other acute, ambulatory and clinical support services. The Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced Healthcare Equipment Planning Consultant (“the Consultant”) who shall support the Trust in the: preparation and implementation of a robust Equipment Planning and Procurement Strategy; preparation of a detailed Bill of Quantities (“BofQ”) and the procurement of equipment items identified in the BofQ as being a Trust responsibility. The services shall be delivered in parallel with the detailed design and construction of the new healthcare facilities. Lot 1: The new healthcare facilities are expected to be in the region of 94,000m2 subject to design. The Trust has secured DHSC approval of an Outline Business Case ('OBC') and has also secured Outline Planning Consent. The project must be complete in 2025. The Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced and innovative Healthcare Equipment Planning Consultant. The appointed Consultant shall provide specialist equipment planning, costing and procurement services to support the delivery of the Trust’s new healthcare facilities. The Consultant will be required to support the Trust throughout the design development and pre-construction stages and also provide support during the construction, commissioning and post-completion stages of the works. It is expected that the specialist Healthcare Equipment Planning Consultant shall be responsible for specifying all equipment items and requirements up to and including RIBA Stage 2. The BofQ and costs at the conclusion to this stage shall provisionally identify the responsibility for items of equipment (in accordance with the Equipment Procurement Strategy) to be provided by the Client and the Contractor. Beyond RIBA Stage 2, it is expected that the Contractor shall assume responsibility for those items of equipment identified as Contractor responsibility although the Equipment Planning Consultant shall continue to provide specialist advice and support to the Trust in the planning and procurement of Trust responsibility items, the review of Contractor items as well as supporting and leading processes where there is deemed a form of joint equipment responsibility.