Wishard honored with Black Expo diversity award

Wishard received the Mayor’s Diversity in Business Award at the 2011 Mayor’s Breakfast as part of the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration’s Black Business Conference. Health and Hospital President and

Matthew R. Gutwein, second from left, the president and CEO of Health and Hospital Corporation, poses with other award winners.

CEO Matthew R. Gutwein accepted the award on behalf of Wishard.

Diversity Team to take part in Hispanic outreach event

Diversity Manager Barbara Holder (second from right) shares information about The New Wishard project at an outreach event in March.

Diversity Manager Barbara Holder (second from right) shares information about The New Wishard project at an outreach event in March.

The New Wishard Diversity Team, the City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development and local business leaders and organizations present “Hispanic/Latino Connection: Making the Contract Connection” from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, July 27 at the Riverwalk Banquet Center & Lodge.

Download event flier (PDF).

Wishard releases RFQ for art at The New Wishard

Wishard is seeking qualifications from artists interested in creating public art for The New Wishard, currently under construction on Indianapolis’s Westside between 10th St. and Michigan St., just west of the current Wishard campus.

Artwork at The New Wishard will support and promote the healing mission of the 150-year-old public health care organization and will complement the world-class design of its landmark new facility.  Sites for art include building interiors, exteriors and the 37-acre landscaped campus.

View RFQ (PDF)

View FAQ for Art Program (PDF)

Artist RFQ: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

Wishard, City host veterans contracting workshop

Some of the Indianapolis area’s most respected leaders gathered on Friday, June 11 to share their commitment and thanks to America’s veterans and to deliver information and advice as part of “For Veterans Only: The Road to Contract Success,” a workshop for veteran-owned businesses.

Deputy Mayor Olgen Williams speaks to veteran-owned business leaders at “For Veterans Only: The Road to Contract Success.”

Deputy Mayor Olgen Williams speaks to veteran-owned business leaders at “For Veterans Only: The Road to Contract Success.”

The City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development  partnered with Wishard to host the event at the New Life Worship Center. The four-hour seminar featured panel discussions and presentations on contracting opportunities and advice for veteran-owned businesses as well as information on upcoming projects including The New Wishard project and others from the City and State.

“The mayor is a veteran himself, and one of the things he has committed to do is look out for veteran businesses,” said Deputy Mayor Olgen Williams, himself a U.S. Army veteran. “He wants to make sure veterans are included in any opportunities that would be available in Marion County and the City, and I strongly agree. We must ensure veterans have the opportunity to be successful in America because all veterans have prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for us.”

Williams was joined by District 95 State Representative John Bartlett, District 96 State Representative Greg Porter, Wishard Health Services CEO and Medical Director Dr. Lisa Harris, and Virgil Madden of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

“Events like this show the commitment from Wishard and the City and State to work to provide information and opportunities for veteran-owned businesses. These are programs our community can be very proud of,” said Rep. Bartlett.

Many other community and contracting leaders and officials participated in the event, including Daniel Lopes, Executive Director of Indiana Commission for Hispanic and Latino Affairs. Panel discussions focused on upcoming contracting opportunities including The New Wishard, Super Bowl 2012, the Deep Rock Tunnel project and more.

“Our veterans are the embodiment of the greatest virtues of this nation,” said Harris. “The information shared at today’s event is vital to success for contractors. Our entire community is coming together to show the spirit of compassion and service we strive for each day at Wishard – the very compassion that is making possible The New Wishard, a new hospital for all of Indianapolis and one we are committed to ensuring our veteran business community helps build.”

The City Department of Minority and Women Business Development joined with state officials to present information on the certification process, while services available to veterans, issues surrounding contracts, financing, bonding and surety, and specific opportunities related to The New Wishard project were also discussed.

“Our goal today was to try to begin to fill the gaps of opportunity for veteran-owned businesses so we can assist them in achieving success and fulfill opportunities as well as help them increase the capacity to compete for work on projects like The New Wishard,” said Porter. “Our goal has been to build capacity, collaboration and ultimately success for our community.”

Pastor John F. Ramsey of the New Life Worship Center, which hosted the event, delivered the welcome, while Pastor Jerry Hillenburg, a Retired United States Marine, delivered the invocation.

The event is one of a series presented by The New Wishard Transformation Team and the City of Indianapolis to provide information to increase opportunities for minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses on The New Wishard project and others to achieve the shared participation goals of 15 percent for MBE, 8 percent for WBE and 3 percent VBE participation.

Wishard helps celebrate Cultural Trail ribbon-cutting

The City of Indianapolis’s path to becoming one of America’s most livable and sustainable big cities got shorter this morning as the Indianapolis Cultural Trail just got longer.

Matthew Gutwein, Health and Hospital Corporation President and CEO, addresses the media at the North Corridor ribbon-cutting.

Matthew Gutwein, Health and Hospital Corporation President and CEO, addresses the media at the North Corridor ribbon-cutting.

Wishard officials were on hand as the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick hosted a ribbon-cutting event on Friday, June 18 to celebrate the opening of the North Corridor of the trail, a one-mile stretch including portions of Indiana Avenue, St. Clair Street, Walnut Street, the Canal, Meridian Street, the American Legion Mall and North Street. The event also celebrated the opening of the Frank and Katrina Basile Corridor, from Capitol Ave. to the Canal on Walnut Street, which recognizes their $500,000 gift to the project.

Speakers at the event included Mayor Greg Ballard, City of Indianapolis, Brian Payne, President, Central Indiana Community Foundation and founder of the Cultural Trail, philanthropist Frank Basile, Matt Gutwein, President and CEO, Health and Hospital Corporation, Dr. Lisa Harris, CEO and Medical Director, Wishard Health Services, and Christopher Barney, Chairman of the Madame Walker Theatre Board of Directors.

“This opening of the next corridor of the Cultural Trail is another great step toward making Indianapolis one of the most sustainable cities in the Midwest,” said Mayor Greg Ballard. “Creating opportunities for our residents to bike and walk around our City helps to increase the connectivity between our neighborhoods, while this growing network of pedestrian and bicycle paths is a resource that helps our continued economic growth – attracting young professionals and new businesses while creating jobs in the building trades industry here in Indianapolis.”

According to a recent economic development study, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail will create more than 11,000 jobs and the economic benefits attributable to the Cultural Trail will exceed $863 million. This is based on a study conducted by the Indiana University Center for Urban Policy and the Environment and calculates investments from expected increase in downtown residential and commercial ownership, attraction of creative-class talent, and increases in tourism and convention stays.

CICF President Brian Payne originated the idea of the Cultural Trail and has led this project since 2001. He reiterated the importance and power of connecting people to the front door or within a block of the best of downtown Indianapolis.

“There is no other trail project in the world that both connects you directly to a city’s most desirable destinations while also making the journey a beautiful, inspiring experience,” said Payne. “The Indianapolis Cultural Trail has catapulted Indianapolis into the global consciousness as a leader in urban trail design, transportation infrastructure and as one of the most livable communities in the country.”

Well-known throughout the community for their philanthropy, Frank Basile explained why he and Katrina gave $500,000 to the project.

“Katrina and I appreciate being given the opportunity to participate in something as meaningful to our community as the Cultural Trail,” said Basile. “We love to travel and discover new places and have found that the best way to do that is to walk the downtown or other important or historic area of towns we visit. This trail will enable both locals and visitors to walk or bike our entire downtown area while seeing most of the major museums and other icons along the way.”

Health and Hospital Corporation President and CEO Matt Gutwein and Wishard Health Services CEO Dr. Lisa Harris handed out free pedometers to encourage people to walk or bike instead of drive short distances to increase physical fitness and reduce obesity.

“Indiana shines in so many ways, but unfortunately, so far, fitness is not one of them,” said Dr. Harris. “Increasing physical activity is central to addressing this problem, and one of the easiest ways to increase fitness is to incorporate exercise into daily activities — walking or biking to work, walking to lunch and taking short walks during the work day — getting there under your own power. Resources like the Indianapolis Cultural Trail encourage these kinds of activities and have enormous potential for a positive impact on Indianapolis residents.”

Earlier this year, the Cultural Trail received $20.5 million from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Nearly 1,400 other proposals totaling over $57 billion in requests from around the U.S. were submitted for $1.5 billion in available transportation funding. The Cultural Trail was one of 51 proposals awarded and one of only two trail projects in the country to receive funding.

Even though he was not able to attend due to votes in Washington, Congressman André Carson has been a strong advocate for the Cultural Trail and helped secure the TIGER grant.

“This newest mile of the trail represents another yet milestone our city,” said Congressman Carson. “After years of planning and effort to build community support, the Cultural Trail is on track to be completed before our community hosts the Super Bowl in 2012 thanks to broad partnerships, which span from federal government to our private sector leaders to city officials. This strong support comes down to the fact the Cultural Trail will be an economic driver for Indianapolis–not just in the short-term, but for decades to come.”

The North Corridor also includes the Glick Peace Walk, a two-block corridor honoring 12 great Americans selected by the Glick family to honor people of peace whose creativity, perseverance and concern for others improved life for everyone who came after them. The Glick Peace Walk is made possible through a gift of more than $2 million from Gene and Marilyn Glick that is in addition to their $15 million contribution to the trail. The Glick Peace Walk will be officially dedicated and illuminated on Wednesday, June 30 at 8:45 p.m.

This is the third of seven construction phases, or corridors, of the Cultural Trail. The half-mile East Corridor, on Alabama Street from North Street to Market Street, was completed in June 2008, and construction of the one-mile Northeast Corridor will be complete this fall. The contract to construct the one-mile North Corridor was awarded to Schutt-Lookabill Co. in April 2009 for $7.3 million.

Construction will begin soon on two blocks: Alabama Street from Market Street to Washington Street and Capitol Avenue from Washington Street to Maryland Street. The remaining construction on Virginia Avenue, Washington Street and Blackford Avenue will begin in early 2011. The entire eight-mile Cultural Trail is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.

To date, $63 million has been raised to complete the eight-mile bicycle and pedestrian project that connects the five downtown cultural districts and greenway trails.

More information about the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and its construction schedule is available on its Web site www.IndyCulturalTrail.org.

Wishard solicits bids for construction of the face of its new facilities

Package includes exterior skin of three buildings including hospital

The New Wishard Project Transformation Team recently released the invitation to bid for the external building façade package for the new hospital. The package includes construction of the skin of the New Wishard Hospital as well as the skin and related components of the ambulatory care building and south elevation of the parking garage.

Bids were due on April 26. The Transformation Team held a pre-bid meeting on March 30 in the Tudor Auditorium at Wishard’s current campus, which prospective bidders were required to attend. The meeting included project information as well as networking for contractors including minority-, women- and veteran-owned business enterprises.

“The New Wishard Project will create jobs, bring opportunities for diverse business enterprise and enhance the profile of Indianapolis,” said Mayor Gregory A. Ballard. “It will serve as a symbol of pride to our residents whose compassion and commitment made The New Wishard possible and provide out-of-town visitors a remarkable, memorable impression of what makes this City one of the most livable in America.”

Wishard estimates cost for the package to be approximately $30-35 million, with installation on the hospital to begin in the late spring of 2011. The contractor will begin installation on the parking garage in the fall of 2011, followed by the ambulatory building in the summer of 2012.

“This package will be the outward face of our primary buildings,” said Matthew R. Gutwein, President and CEO of Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, which operates Wishard. “We’re in an excellent climate now to take advantage of lower material and construction costs with this package, and we’re excited to be progressing into this stage.”

The package includes the exterior panels, windows and shell components. It does not include the roofs of the structures, which Wishard will include in a future core and shell package after the Transformation Team finalizes system details.

“The new hospital for all of Indianapolis will outwardly reflect the clarity, sensibility and beauty of Wishard’s true face – its people. The staff and physicians who work here, the men and women who will design and build the new facilities, and the people of Indianapolis who made this new hospital possible, and who will take advantage of the excellent care it will provide, are the face of Wishard,” said Dr. Lisa Harris, CEO and Medical Director of Wishard Health Services.

Wishard’s goals for the package include fundamental integration into the diversity plan to meet city goals and the sustainability plan for the entire Wishard campus.

On Friday, March 26 the City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development, which is partnering with Wishard to achieve the project’s diversity goals, hosted a networking event for contractors including minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses.

More than 100 contractors assembled at the Christamore House on the city’s near west side for the event, which featured project presentations from Wishard and City of Indianapolis officials as well as a panel of industry leaders assembled to answer contractor questions about partnering strategies and participation.

Working in partnership with the City of Indianapolis Minority and Women Business Development Department, Wishard will provide the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in competition for any and all procurement and contracts for the new hospital project to the full range of business enterprises, which includes minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses.

The project to construct a new Wishard will create 4,400 jobs and will transform the landscape of health care in Indianapolis.

Marion County voters approved construction of a new Wishard in the Nov. 3, 2009 election, with 85 percent support for the measure, and Wishard began work immediately. Wishard plans to complete the new facility at the end 2013.

For more information about Wishard Health Services, visit www.Wishard.edu.

Wishard to host pre-bid meeting for package 4A

Wishard will host a pre-bid meeting for contractors interested in bid package No. 4A on Tuesday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m. in the Tudor Auditorium, West Building at Wishard.

Contractors interested in bidding on package No. 4A must attend and are asked to bring a completed Business Bid Profile Information form to the meeting.

View pre-bid meeting notice.

Providing the maximum practicable opportunity for all

Wishard provides excellent care indiscriminately, without regard for race, social status, income or ability to pay. It is a hospital for all of the people, built and approved by a population as rich and diverse as Indianapolis itself.

Wishard aspires to reflect the diversity of its patient base and the city itself through contracts with and participation by minority-, women- and veteran-owned business enterprises (M/W/VBEs) in the project to build a new Wishard.

Wishard is committed to providing the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in competition for any and all procurement and contracts for the Wishard Hospital Replacement Facility Project to the full range of business enterprises, which include M/W/VBEs and where possible, Wishard will work to provide like opportunities for businesses owned by persons with disabilities.

Area contractors participate in a City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development workshop and networking event on The New Wishard project. Wishard is working with the City to achieve and, if possible, exceed City goals for minority-, women- and veteran-owned business participation.

Area contractors participate in a City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development workshop and networking event on The New Wishard project. Wishard is working with the City to achieve and, if possible, exceed City goals for minority-, women- and veteran-owned business participation.

Through its partnership with the City of Indianapolis Department of Minority & Women Business Development, Wishard will pursue this initiative to support the economic needs of the City of Indianapolis and the vital role diversity plays in the state, national and global marketplace.

Visit the Diversity Information page to learn more.

OVERALL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

  • Maximize the opportunities for inclusion of M/W/VBEs in the construction of the Project.
  • Exceed City goals of 15 percent, 8 percent and 3 percent, respectively, for participation of M/W/VBEs in the construction of the Project.
  • Build capacity of local M/W/VBEs through the construction of the Project
Greg Wilson, Director of the City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development, speaks to prospective contractors, including minority-, women- and veteran-owned business enterprises, during a networking and information event for The New Wishard project. Wishard is working in partnership with the City to achieve its diversity goals.

Greg Wilson, Director of the City of Indianapolis Department of Minority and Women Business Development, speaks to prospective contractors, including minority-, women- and veteran-owned business enterprises, during a networking and information event for The New Wishard project. Wishard is working in partnership with the City to achieve its diversity goals.

Vision

The New Wishard will be at the heart of health care in Marion County for decades to come. The project to build a new, modern and efficient Wishard went before voters in November 2009. Overwhelmingly, the people of Marion County approved the project, with 85 percent of the votes cast in favor, including a majority in all 590 Marion County voting precincts.

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