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.

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