Jim O'Callaghan
Question:169. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of building the new national maternity hospital. [43296/24]
View answerWednesday, 23 October 2024
Questions (169)
Written answers
In July 2023, Cabinet gave its approval for the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at Elm Park, to be co-located with St Vincent’s University Hospital, to proceed to tender for a main contractor to construct the new hospital.
The main tender process, which began in September 2023, is programmed to run over a period of c.18 months. The steps in this process include:
• Contractor pre-qualification process which started in September 2023.
• Tender issue to the pre-qualified contractors which started in April 2024,
• Receipt of tender responses. These responses are scheduled for return end Q4 2024.
• Evaluation of returned tenders in line with the award criteria.
• Updating of the final business case to incorporate market responses.
• Government consent to proceed to sign contracts.
After the procurement process is complete, and prior to contract award, the updated Final Business case will be brought to Government.
In parallel to the tender and procurement process, in order to construct the proposed NMH as a single-phase development, a number of buildings are required to be completed in advance of the commencement of the main NMH works. These further enabling and wider campus resilience works commenced in December 2023 and it is expected that they will be completed by mid-2025 in parallel with the seeking of Government consent to proceed to sign contracts.
The projected capital cost to the exchequer for this project in 2024 is 10,506,531 (Ex. VAT).