Mackenzie Health chooses partner for new hospital

VAUGHAN, Ont. – Plenary Health has been selected as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance and maintain the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Mackenzie Health (MH) selected Plenary Health after extensive evaluations following a fair, open and transparent request for proposals process that began in June 2015.

The Plenary Health team includes:

• Developer: Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd.
• Design: Stantec Architecture Ltd., RTKL
• Construction: PCL Constructors
• Facilities management: Johnson Controls Canada LP
• Financial Advisor: Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd.

“This is a significant step forward moving us closer towards the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital,” said Altaf Stationwala (pictured), president and CEO of Mackenzie Health. “With ground-breaking only a few months away, we remain on track to delivering a state-of-the-art hospital as part of Mackenzie Health’s vision to create a world-class health experience for the people of Vaughan and all of York Region.”

Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital is the first hospital to be built in the city of Vaughan, and the first new hospital to be built in the York Region in the last 30 years. It will also be the first hospital in Canada to feature fully integrated “smart” technology, which features systems and medical devices that can speak directly to one another to maximize information exchange. Through modern and proven best practices, the hospital will provide state-of-the-art healthcare and positive outcomes for patients and their families.

The new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital will include:

• A state-of-the-art emergency department
• Modern surgical services and operating rooms
• Advanced diagnostic imaging
• Specialized ambulatory clinics and intensive care beds
• Medicine, Birthing (Obstetrics), Pediatrics, Mental Health and the York Region District Stroke Centre
• Approximately 90 per cent single occupancy acute-care patient rooms for infection prevention and control

IO and MH will now work to finalize contract details with Plenary Health. The project is expected to reach commercial close and financial close in fall 2016, with relevant contracts signed and a financing rate set. The contract cost will be announced publicly following financial close and construction is scheduled to begin shortly thereafter.

This project is being delivered using IO’s Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) model, an innovative way of financing and procuring large, complex public infrastructure projects.

IO and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are working with Mackenzie Health to build the new facility, which will be publicly owned, controlled and accountable.

The Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital project is one of 22 healthcare projects currently being managed by IO.