Oxford County Hospital Case Summary

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Abbotsford Regional Hospital & Cancer Centre (Location: Abbotsford, B.C.) Introduction: Abbotsford Regional Hospital & Cancer Centre (ARHCC) is a 300-bed Canadian Health Care facility in the city of British Columbia. This project was a long-term agreement between public sector and private sector. Partnership BC was managing project procurement from start to end, with the objective of delivering value for money. Summary: ARHCC project was the replacement of the MSA Hospital in Abbotsford. This Cancer Centre provides diagnostic and high-tech treatment services. David Woodward, former Associate Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health said that “The project will benefit all B.C. taxpayers through this performance-based contract which has achieved innovation and a positive economic benefit of $39 million.”. The successful completion of project attributed to procurement partnership between public and private …show more content…

Description: Ministry of Health Service (MHS) did fair and open competitive selection process which was the best example of procurement management in my opinion. For better procurement, MHS involved the private sector in order to reduce public-sector costs and risk. From this infrastructure project, I understood the “Finance – Design – Build – Operate – Maintain” model required to practice procurement services. To fulfill the objectives, project team considered traditional procurement and three public-private partnership procurement options. i. Traditional Capital Project: In this section, public sector takes care of all the finances, operations and maintenance of the facility. Whereas, private partner takes responsibility for design and construction under separate contracts. ii. Design – Build – Maintain: Public sector operates and finances the project and the private partner’s roll is to design, construct and maintain the facility for a specified time

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