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Major expansion of Jeddah medical centre planned

Jeddah, July 21, 2011

A major expansion project of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Jeddah has been announced.

The goal of the expansion is to position KFSH&RC-Jeddah as the pre-eminent regional specialist hospital, said a statement.

This program will expand and enhance patient care in the areas of pediatrics, cardiology, oncology, neuro-sciences and clinical research.

The expansion will increase the bed count at the centre to approximately 850 and will consist of an interconnected campus of:

• Hospital/ research and academic affairs centre:  This is the major component of the expansion program, and comprises two patient towers (15 and 18-storey structures); a 24-storey research and academic affairs centre and a 6-storey diagnostic and treatment podium. Services included within this facility are pediatric, cardiology, neuro-sciences, clinical research, diagnostic imaging and pathology centres; 30 operating theatres, 150 intensive care units, outpatient clinics and emergency treatment facilities. 
• Oncology centre: This 25,000 sq m facility will provide full radiation therapy, infusion therapy and in-patient treatment in an 8-storey tower.
• Central utility plant/parking:  This 65,000 sq m facility will provide all fundamental heating, cooling, sewage treatment, water purification, emergency power services for the entire campus. This building also provides structured parking for over 1,000 cars.
• Medical support/ logistics building: This 25,000 sq m facility houses all of the requisite support services for the campus, including materials management, loading docks. laundry, kitchen and administrative operations for the hospital.
• Site development: Total site development will generally provide for access streets, street modifications, site improvements, landscaping and the relocation of existing utilities for a total campus area of approximately 350,000 sq m.

Vanir Construction Management, on behalf of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, has invited expressions of interest from qualified contractors for the works. 

Expressions of interest will be accepted up to the bid announcement, anticipated to be August 3, 2011. 

Expression of Interest, providing company name, point of contact within your organization, telephone number, (both office and mobile), e-mail address for the point of contact and complete postal information should be electronically submitted to: Mark Reinmiller, project director, at mark.reinmmiller@vanir.com.

Direct contact with the hospital or Vanir staff will not be entertained, the statement said.

Formal bid announcements will be advertised in selected Saudi print media and at KFSH&RC website (www.kfshrcj.org) , it said. – TradeArabia News Service




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