TORONTO - Infrastructure Ontario released a request for qualifications (RFQ) today for interested proponents to design, build, finance and maintain the new St. Joseph's Health Care, London (St. Joseph's) Regional Mental Health Care London and St. Thomas projects.
Both regional mental health facilities will serve individuals experiencing severe and persistent mental illness.
The new Regional Mental Health Care London facility will be constructed adjacent to Parkwood Hospital in London. Its programs will accommodate inpatient and outpatient services for assessment; mood and anxiety disorders; psychosis; dual diagnosis; geriatric psychiatry; adolescent psychiatry; and concurrent disorders.
Regional Mental Health Care St. Thomas will be a new forensic mental health facility built on the existing lands in St. Thomas. It will provide specialized inpatient and outpatient services, including assessment, treatment, outreach and support services to individuals with a mental illness who have come into significant contact with the criminal justice system.
The RFQ is the first step in the procurement process to select a team to design, build, finance and maintain the new facility.
“The McGuinty government is committed to improving access to mental health issues and addictions services,” said David Caplan, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. “Soon residents of this community will have access to vital services closer to home.”
RFQ submissions will be reviewed to pre-qualify project teams with the design, construction and facilities management experience, the qualified personnel and the financial strength to deliver a project of this size and complexity. Pre-qualified teams will then be invited to respond to a request for proposals (RFP), expected to be released this coming winter, to design, build, finance and maintain the new facility.
“By building a new facility, we are supporting a more modern, patient-focused service delivery model for people dealing with mental illness,” said Chris Bentley, Attorney General and MPP for London West.
“The release of our RFQ is a key milestone-one that would not have been possible without the hard work of our staff and the support of our community,” said Cliff Nordal, President and CEO of St. Joseph's Health Care. “These new facilities are extremely important to St. Joseph's, our patients and the region that we serve.”
Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will work with St. Joseph's to build the hospitals, which will remain publicly owned, publicly controlled and publicly accountable. Infrastructure Ontario is a Crown corporation dedicated to managing some of the province's larger and more complex infrastructure renewal projects - ensuring they are built on time and on budget.
Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca for more information.
Contacts:
Mandy Downes
Infrastructure Ontario
416-327-5246
Laura Dockstader
St. Joseph's Health Care
519-455-5110 x 47368
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