Sitting of tuesday 29th june 2010

(No. 1B/165)

Mr E. Guimbeau (First Member for Curepipe and Midlands) asked the Minister of Health and Quality of Life whether he will state if Government proposes to acquire the Medpoint clinic and, if so, where matters stand.

Reply: In line with Government Programme, my Ministry has initiated procedures for the acquisition of two buildings to set up respectively an Institute for Women’s Health and a National Geriatrics Hospital.

Consequently, public tenders were floated on 30 April 2010 and prospective owners had up to 3 June 2010 to submit their bids to the Central Procurement Board (CPB). On 10 June 2010, CPB informed my Ministry that 5 bids had been received in respect of the project for the setting up of the Institute for Women’s Health and 4 bids for the National Geriatrics Hospital.

My Ministry is presently setting up Bid Evaluation Committees to assess the bids and make appropriate recommendations to the Central Procurement Board for a decision.