The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) and HSE in partnership with Enterprise Ireland are running an information and networking event connecting local suppliers to opportunities in the construction sector as part of the €115m Primary Care Centre PPP programme.

The Meet the Buyer event takes place on Thursday 13^th November 2014 in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath at 9.15am. This free event is open to construction suppliers and enterprises in a wide variety of supply categories. Facilities Management subcontractors with expertise in areas such as planned preventative maintenance and cleaning services are also invited to participate.  Attendees will learn more about the fourteen primary care centres that will be built under this initiative and have an opportunity to meet with the three shortlisted building candidates.  Attendees will also find out how to become a sub supplier through a series of short 5 minute “pitch” meetings.

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Registration for the Meet the Buyer event is free and interested companies can now register to attend on  www.enterprise-ireland.com/meetthebuyerppp

The three Public Private Partnership (PPP) consortia that have been shortlisted to progress to the next stage of the delivery of these primary care centres are BAM PPP; Prime / Balfour Beatty and Kajima/GB Partnerships. BAM PPP includes Ireland based BAM Building Ltd and BAM FM Ireland Ltd. Prime / Balfour Beatty includes Balfour Beatty and Irish based construction company JJ Rhatigan & Son along with facility management service providers Aramark. Kajima/GB Partnerships  consists of Farrans, Walls and John Paul as construction contractors with  HSG Zander Ireland Facilities Services.

There will also be an Enterprise Support zone at the event, where attendees can get information on business supports through the Local Enterprise Office network and Enterprise Ireland. The Department of Social Protection will provide delegates with information on the Pathways to Work initiative (including the Jobs Ireland Services) and check eligibility for the JobsPlus scheme. Delegates will be able to meet with advisers on cross border trade opportunities, public sector tendering and consortia building through InterTrade Ireland. The Construction Industry Federation will also provide suppliers with information on training services they provide.

 The fourteen Primary Care Centres will be built across 14 sites in 11 counties in locations across Ireland. Full details of the programme can be found on the http://www.ndfa.ie/TenderCompetitions/PrimaryCareCentresPPPProgramme.htm

It is anticipated that these building projects will be delivered as part of a single Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract, with construction commencing in late 2015.

All Primary Care centres identified will include accommodation for Primary Care Team services including General Practitioner (GP) services. In addition a number of centres will include a wider range of community based services, such as dental services, community mental health services, child and adolescent mental health services, early intervention teams, and Doctor on call services. There will be no pharmacies on these sites.

The NDFA is responsible for delivering €650m of Public Private Partnership projects as part of the €2.5b Infrastructure Stimulus Programme announced by the Irish Government in July 2012. This strategic healthcare  building project  will deliver in the region of 2,700 construction jobs. 

Brian Murphy, Chief Executive of the NDFA, welcoming the opportunity to work in collaboration with Enterprise Ireland and the HSE, said: ‘This event is about making sure that suppliers from the SME and construction sector have all the information and support they need to be able to exploit the business opportunity presented by these multi regional projects’.

HSE’s National Director of Primary Care, John Hennessy, added: ‘In 2014, more than half of the HSE’s  total health spend on operational services is in the community healthcare sector. This sector is significant and the reform of these structures will facilitate a move towards a more integrated healthcare system, improving services for the public by providing better and easier access to services, services that are close to where people live, more local decision making and services in which people can have confidence. The fourteen sites being developed are part of this initiative’.

Mick Brougham, Regional Director Midlands Enterprise Ireland said: ‘The Construction sector is a priority sector for Enterprise Ireland because of its job creation potential – there are more than 100,000 employed in the sector in Ireland.  Enterprise Ireland’s ambition is to drive further growth and job creation in the sector and we have worked closely with the sector to drive international growth. This work is paying off and Enterprise Ireland assisted construction companies achieved exports of €2.15bn in 2013.

‘This ‘meet the buyer’ event is an excellent way for Irish construction firms to win lucrative contracts in Ireland, and to use the experience gained in the delivery of world-class building infrastructure in Ireland as a platform for growth in international markets’.

For more information on how to register for the Meet the Buyer event please visit:
www.enterprise-ireland.com/meetthebuyerppp

Or contact Karen Hoey or Nicola Jess on Tel: 01 668 9887 meetthebuyerppp@enterprise-ireland.com

For more information on the Primary Care Centres PPP Programme http://www.ndfa.ie/TenderCompetitions/PrimaryCareCentresPPPProgramme.htm 

Thursday 13^th November 2014 from 09.15am – 2.00pm

Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Locations of the 14 Primary Care centres being developed under this PPP programme

HSE Region	Location
HSE West	Ballymote, Co. Sligo
	Boyle, Co. Roscommon
	Claremorris, Co. Mayo
	Westport, Co. Mayo
	Tuam, Co. Galway
	Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
	Limerick City, Lord Edward Street
HSE South	Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
	Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
	Waterford City, Co. Waterford
	Wexford Town, Co. Wexford
HSE Dublin (Mid-Leinster)	Kilcock, Co. Kildare
HSE Dublin (North East)	Dublin Inner City (Summerhill)
	Coolock/Darndale, Dublin

 

Indicative Supply Categories on the Primary Care Centres are as follows:

Access Controls

Aggregates

Air handling unit.

Artists

Asbestos Removal

Audio Visual.

Balustrading, handrailing and gate fabricators

Block Suppliers

BMS Control contractors

Boiler suppliers/Biomass

Brick & Blocklaying

Brise Soleil subcontractors

Car park systems.

Carpentry Contractors

CCTV suppliers

Ceilings

Cladding ( Wall & Roof)

Cleaning contractors

Cleaning Supplies companies

Commissioning engineering

Concrete contractors with shuttering and steel fixers for Structure

Concrete contractors with shuttering crew for pads and foundations

Concrete Cutting & Coring

Crane Hire

Curtains & Curtain Rails

Demolition

Dental

Drainage

Electrical Contractors

Façade subcontractors

Facilities Management  Services

Facility maintenance subcontractors

Fall Arrest

Fire alarm installation.

Fire prevention /maintenance suppliers

Fire rated doors (Timber, steel, x-ray, composite)

Fire rated Glazed partitions

Fire stopping & Fire protection.

Fitted Furniture suppliers & fitters

Floor coverings

Flooring & Tiling Contractors

Formwork

General Building Merchants

Glass Coatings

Glazing / Rooflights Contractors

Ground water control

Groundworks /Earthworks Contractors

Health and Safety Equipment (PPE)

Hygienic Cladding

ICT Contractors (cabling only)

Insulation

Intruder alarm suppliers

Ironmongery

Joinery Supply (door frames, timber screens,trims)

Kitchen Equipment (Catering & Domestic)

Landscaping

Lightening protection.

Lighting Equipment

Louvres

Mechanical Contractors

Mechanical Ducting installation.

Metal Stud Partitions

Metalwork (Architectural, Balustrading, Stairs, Stainless steel)

Moveable / Folding Wall sub-contractors

Painting Contractors

Passenger Lift Contractors

Patient Hoist subcontractors

Paving Subcontractors

Pest control companies

Piling

Plant Hire

Plumbing Supplies

Precast Concrete

Precast Contractor Floors & Structures

Radon Protection

Rainwater Harvesting & Disposal Systems

Remote Monitoring Centres

Roadwork and road marking

Roof lights.

Roofing ( tiled,slate,built up, green)

Sanitary Ware / Sanitary Ware Accessories

Scaffolding.

Screeding

Security companies

Signage suppliers

Site Perimeter & Fencing suppliers & contractors

Site Testing

Specialist Rendering Systems (Plastering)

Steel Reinforcement supply and fabrication

Stone

Stone suppliers

Structural Precast Concrete

Structural Steel

Surfacing – Asphalt/bitmac

Suspended Ceilings

Sustainable Energy Suppliers

Temporary Canteen Facilities

Temporary Electrical Contractors.

Timber Frame

Traffic Management

Waste Water Treatment

WC/Shower Cubicle/IPS/Fitted Furniture subcontractors

Window cleaning companies

Windows

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES

PLANNED PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE:

·         Boiler system

·         Fire systems

·         BMS system

·         Heating System

·         Rainwater Harvesting

·         Attenuation tank

·         Electrical systems

·         Medical Gasses

REACTIVE MAINTENANCE

·         Local painting subcontractor

·         Local carpentry subcontractor

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE

·         Soft landscaping subcontractors

SMALL IMPROVEMENTS AND AD HOC SERVICES

·         Local hardware suppliers

CLEANING AND HOUSEKEEPING

·         Feminine hygiene

·         Cleaning subcontractors

WASTE MANAGEMENT

·         Contractor (General waste only)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

·         Installation Contractor 

HSE DIRECT PROCUREMENT CATEGORIES

The following supply categories will not be purchased under the PPP programme but under existing or planned HSE general procurement arrangements:

·                     Major Medical Equipment

·                     Minor Medical Equipment

·                     Medical Consumables

·                     Facilities Management Consumables

·                     ICT Equipment

·                     Stationary

·                     Waste Management – Clinical Waste