Speller Metcalfe announced as contractor for healthcare framework
The Private Investment Construction (PIC) Framework has been launched by healthcare property company Prime and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (YDH) to deliver privately funded new build and refurbishment projects.
Speller Metcalfe was chosen as a contractor who has key experience and a long-standing history of healthcare projects, most recently the £22 million Stratford Hospital in Warwickshire.
Split into two lots, Speller Metcalfe has successfully secured a place on Lot 2, which encompasses schemes up to £10 million across the Central and South regions as identified by the framework, incorporating the counties of:
- Bristol
- Devon
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Leicestershire
- Oxfordshire
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- Worcestershire
- Wiltshire
Speller Metcalfe’s Group Managing Director, Des O’Neill said: “This framework is an opportunity for us to contribute to improved healthcare services across our key regions.
“Having worked for numerous NHS Trusts and private sector clients we are looking forward to bringing our expertise and extremely high levels of quality to a sector which continues to grow, particularly in line with the UK’s aging population.”
The four year framework will be key to the delivery of a range of projects across the acute, primary care, community care and elderly care sectors – from NHS to private facilities.
Leighton Chumbley, Chief Executive of Prime added: “This is a framework unlike any other in the sector and will bring vital sources of value for money private funding into the healthcare market. The calibre and experience of our contractor partners means we will be able to bring forward vital strategic projects for our NHS and private clients over the next four years.”