Written answers

Wednesday, 1 November 2006

Department of Health and Children

Hospitals Building Programme

6:00 am

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the tendering process for the private beds to be built on the grounds of public hospitals. [35508/06]

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has concluded the public procurement process for private for-profit hospitals in any of the ten public hospitals sites earmarked for collocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35469/06]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 193 together.

The Health Services Executive is currently undertaking a procurement process to select a consortia to build and operate private hospitals on the sites of 10 public hospitals.

The new private hospitals will be procured by utilising the competitive dialogue tendering process. It involves a three stage process namely:

1. pre-qualification;

2. competitive dialogue phases within which solutions are identified and discussed; and

3. a final tendering stage.

The HSE has had a lot of interest in the initiative.

It has pre-qualified a number of bidders for each site and is now in the process of evaluating outline proposals and short listing bidders for each site.

The intention is to select the consortium for each site, negotiate the detailed contracts and sign the contracts by the first quarter of 2007.

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