ASX / NZX Announcement 13 December 2010
Spotless consortium preferred proponent for New Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP project
The South Australian Government has announced the selection of the SA Health Partnership - a consortium comprising Spotless, Hansen Yuncken, Leighton Contractors and Macquarie Capital - as preferred proponent to deliver the New Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The new state-of-the-art hospital will be delivered as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) under South Australian Government’s Partnerships SA model. The SA Health Partnership consortium will undertake the financing, design, construction and facility management services to the hospital for 35 years, while SA Health will continue to operate the hospital and provide all core clinical services, staffing, teaching and research.
Once constructed, Spotless will provide integrated facilities management and lifecycle asset management services for a period of approximately 30 years.
Josef Farnik, Spotless Group Managing Director and CEO, said that Spotless, working together with the consortium, is looking forward to delivering what will be Australia’s largest and most technologically advanced hospital and the largest single contract in the company’s 64-year history.
“This is a landmark PPP in size and complexity and we are excited by the opportunity to support South Australia in developing and delivering its Healthcare Plan through the New Royal Adelaide Hospital project.
“This is Spotless’ ninth PPP project win. This win confirms Spotless as the leading operator of social infrastructure PPPs across the healthcare, education, defence and social housing sectors.”
Mr Farnik noted the demonstrable outcomes social infrastructure PPPs are providing to communities across Australia and New Zealand.
“PPPs can bring together the skills and capabilities of the private sector in a structure that ensures accountability to government for project, service delivery and value-for-money outcomes”.
On completion, the New Royal Adelaide Hospital will be the largest and busiest hospital in South Australia with 800 beds, including 100 same-day beds, and 80,000 same-day and overnight admissions per year.
Key components of the successful bid include: Greenstar 4-star rating with optimised design to provide efficient staff, patient and visitor flow; 100% single inpatient rooms with opening windows, natural light and access to outdoor areas and green space; 40 technical suites (operating theatres); A commercial precinct including restaurant, minimart, cafes, crèche, gymnasium, bank, post office, hairdresser; An underground car park with approximately 2500 spaces; and Technology features including patient weighing beds, wireless technology and equipment tracking capability, and intelligent information systems such as bedside entertainment and meal ordering for patients.
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ASX / NZX Announcement 13 December 2010
Integrated service delivery at the hospital will require a Spotless workforce in excess of 500 people across a range of non-clinical services including: Facilities management and maintenance; Cleaning and domestic services; Catering; and Orderly and patient support.
Work will begin on the new hospital in the first half of 2011 with a proposed construction completion date of early 2016, from which point Spotless will commence service delivery.
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ABOUT SPOTLESS www.spotless.com
Spotless is a leading international services company comprised of two distinct business operations, Facility Services and Retailer Services. Established in 1946, Spotless is listed on the Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. The Group’s Facility Services operations supply facilities management, asset maintenance catering, cleaning, and laundry services across a broad range of industry sectors. Spotless Facility Services employs more than 37,000 people and over 4,500 skilled sub-contractors to deliver over 125 specialist services in thousands of locations across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
Retailer Services, operating globally under the brand Braiform, provides customised garment hanger and packaging solutions to retailers and garment manufacturers in 32 countries.
SPOTLESS IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Spotless has specialist capability in delivering non-clinical services to the healthcare sector, with thousands of employees working across public and private healthcare environments in over 200 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand. The company specialises in more than 50 non-clinical services from patient food, cleaning, laundry and linen, to ward support and buildings maintenance. The real Spotless advantage, however, comes from the company’s ability to deliver any number of these services together in a solution precisely tailored to the requirements of each healthcare facility.
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