12.1  Objectives

As outlined in the RFP, the objectives of the project are:

(i)  value for money: to procure hospital infrastructure and associated services under the policy in a way which delivers value for money and satisfies the public interest criteria of government;

(ii)  service quality

•  to improve access to health care services across the catchment area and to increase the provision of health care and hospital services to the general public;

•  to assist government in achieving best practice in effectiveness of care, ensuring better patient outcomes and enhanced efficiency, both in the use of facilities and equipment and in operating costs; and

•  to provide infrastructure facilities and services that assist government to attract and retain quality staff at all levels;

(iii)  sufficient capacity: to provide infrastructure facilities and services to facilitate the carrying out by government of clinical and non-clinical functions at the hospital as they may be varied over time to meet community health care needs;

(iv)  operational efficiency: to provide an operationally efficient facility capable of meeting the services specifications and which assists government to operate within the budgets allocated to the Procuring Agency;

(v)  flexibility: to provide flexible infrastructure capable of adapting to future infrastructure needs, new technologies and clinical practice changes; and

(vi)  timeliness: to secure delivery of the project in a timely and safe fashion.