Description of the procurement
The contracting authority was established under statutory instrument (SI 246/2007) to design, build and equip the National Children’s Hospital to accommodate the merged paediatric services from three hospitals: Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin; Children’s University Hospital Temple Street and National Children’s Hospital Tallaght.
The contracting authority is responsible for procuring equipment for the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) to operate and maintain, so both entities are involved in procurement decisions and life-cycle management processes.
The logistics solution for the NCH of which the AGV system will play an integral part, is based on scope and scale of the NCH as set out below:
• 12 acre development
• c. 122 000 m of clinical space
• 35 000 m of car park and FM (Facilities Management) space
• c. 6 000 rooms (c. 76 drop off/collection rooms associated with the AGV system operation excluding corridors and lifts where the AGV’s will be operating extensively)
• on demand food service model (key requirement for the AGV system)
• basement -2 logistics hub (capacity for c. 15 Rigid Trucks at one time)
• 39 clinical specialities
• 320 inpatient beds
• 60 critical care beds
• 93 day care beds for medical and surgical
• 110 outpatient rooms
• 12 emergency observation beds
• 34 emergency assessment bays
• 6 resuscitation
• 24 operating theatres including MRI and hybrid
• comprehensive diagnostic Imaging facilities
• digital hospital with converged network for integrated healthcare technology
• all associated non-medical functions such as corporate offices, staff rest rooms/pantries, meeting rooms, public realm space, parent lounges, facilities management requirements, Good’s In, logistics provision throughout building (Delivery Hubs, Disposal Rooms, Nutrition Stations), Catering, storage, waste management provision.
The AGV system operational requirements will be clearly set out in the URS (User Requirement Specification) in Stage 2 of the Competition.