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Advisors’ Questions

Will BHB pre-qualify and present potential PPP bidders with a list of local architecture firms that would like to be part of a bid team?

BHB recognises that the KEMH Redevelopment Project is of national interest and BHB wishes the construction of new facilities under PPP to be a flagship project for Bermuda.

BHB is committed to conducting a fair and open process that provides the best value for money for Bermuda. As is required in a fair process, international PPP bidders must put their teams together without influence from BHB. This means that BHB cannot give any unfair advantage nor influence private sector PPP bidders on their choice of strategic partners.

Once BHB completes the first stage of the PPP procurement (the request for qualifications), BHB intends to make public via the website the PPP bid teams selected to move forward to submit proposals. There may be a range of opportunities for local professionals to provide advice to PPP bid teams.

The PPP bid team chosen by BHB must fit our unique needs in Bermuda. Evaluation of bids will give this due consideration. The choice will not be made simply on best price, but rather best value.

How will BHB’s PPP technical advisors be appointed?

BHB expects there to be two competitions to source its technical advisors: one to find technical advisors experienced in PPP procurement and, once appointed, that firm will then work with BHB in another competitive process to choose local advisors to assist with the PPP project. Local advice is considered desirable because of local firms’ familiarity with building codes, climate issues and the like.

Will these consultants/advisors to BHB who worked on developing the original EMP and the current campus planning concept (attachment to the Johns Hopkins Medicine International Phase II report), be allowed to participate as either a PPP technical advisor to BHB or as members/consultants in a PPP bid team?

Those who worked on BHB’s EMP and the Johns Hopkins reports* are not currently advisors to BHB. The work they undertook regarding the KEMH site was conceptual whereas the PPP technical advisory mandate is a completely different scope of work.

Firms that worked as consultants to BHB on the EMP or JHMI Phase I and II reports will not be precluded from being part of BHB’s PPP technical advisory team or a consultant in a PPP bid team.

PPP technical advisors to BHB may not form part of a PPP bid team due to conflict of interest. Those who work on renovations at the existing KEMH under traditional design-bid-build, however, are eligible to become BHB advisors or members/consultants to a PPP bid team.

*Both the JHMI reports and the EMP are available on the Redevelopment Project’s introductory website page.

Which architectural firms were consultants to BHB regarding the original Estate Master Plan and the current campus planning concept (attachment to the JHMI Phase II Report)?

The original 2005 Estate Master Plan was prepared by CannonDesign and OBM. Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHMI) was engaged to review this plan and JHMI engaged RTKL as part of the team. This team devised the campus planning concept. The review and concept was completed and made public as part of the JHMI Phase II Report in November 2008.

The JHMI Phase II Report states that the JHMI Phase II report team also worked with a representative of CannonDesign, and CannonDesign’s consultants, Medequip and BTY Group. RTKL reviewed Medequip International’s baseline estimate while Faithful Gould reviewed BTY’s 2005 baseline construction cost estimates.

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