Two bidders for £380m PF2 hospital

Two bidders have been shortlisted for the contract to build the UK’s first hospital to be built under the government’s revamped private finance initiative, with a joint venture between Laing O’Rourke and Interserve to battle it out with Carillion for the job.

The £380m PF2 hospital for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is set to be built on a brownfield site in Smethwick in the West Midlands.

The winning contractor will be required to design, construct and maintain the 80,000m² hospital, which will include A&E, maternity, children’s services, critical care, diagnostics and other acute treatment services.

Final bids are due to be entered in April 2015 with the preferred bidder selected in September 2015.