Request For Qualifications Issued For Prince George Cancer Clinic
By 250 News
Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:15 AM
PRINCE GEORGE - Partnerships BC, on behalf of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA), has issued aRequest for Qualifications to build a new regional cancer centre inPrince George, the Centre for the North.
The BC Cancer Agency's Centre for the North is one component of the Northern Cancer Control Strategy, a joint initiative undertaken byPHSA, BCCA and Northern Health. The new Centre for the North will provide residents of northern B.C. with increased access tocancer treatment and diagnostic services closer to home.
The cancer centre will be located on the Prince George Regional Hospital site. The 4,200-square-metre facility will include two linear accelerators usedin the delivery of radiation therapy treatment. The centre will be designed to achieve LEED(r) Gold certification as part of the provincial government's commitment to a greener and more sustainable future.
The project will be pursued as a public private partnership.
PHSA/BCCA are seeking a long-term private partner to design, build,finance and maintain the Centre for the North for a period of 30 years.
The cancer centre will be operated by the BC Cancer Agency and is part of a comprehensive cancer control strategy enabled through a close partnership with Northern Health.
Construction of the facility is targeted to start in late 2009 with completion expected in 2012
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Posted by: lunarbase on July 31 2008 3:10 PM