The Tier One contractor’s Essex business was selected for the six projects as part of the new ProCure23 (P23) framework. The two main aspects of the work will be the provision of a new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Pitsea, and the creation of the Southend Elective Surgical Hub. The Pitsea CDC will be delivered on the site of Pitsea Leisure Centre, with the existing facility demolished and replaced with a new ‘state-of-the-art’ community diagnostic facility housing a new MRI and CT scanning suite, X-ray machines, a pharmacy, ultrasound, consultancy rooms, and a phlebotomy area, plus a new library and sporting facilities. It will be one of approximately 30 new CDCs in the UK that are part of a government initiative following the COVID-19 pandemic to move diagnostics out of acute hospitals and into community sites to provide easier public access and earlier diagnosis.
Morgan Sindall will also deliver a brand-new Elective Surgery hub at Southend University Hospital, installing two new surgical theatres, significantly expanding the hospital’s existing capacity. This is not the construction company’s first partnering with the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; its team is currently delivering ‘vital work’ on the sites of Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford and Thurrock Community Hospital, procured through the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) framework. In line with Morgan Sindall’s commitment to creating social value within the communities in which it operates, it will utilise local suppliers and workforce throughout the construction.
Peter Whitmore, MD for Morgan Sindall Construction in the East, said: “It is great to announce this latest raft of projects, which we will be delivering as part of the ProCure23 framework with the NHS across mid- and south Essex. These improvements, across a number of important healthcare facilities in the county, will bring a wide range of valuable health and well-being benefits for communities in Essex. This will range from helping to speed up diagnosis within local settings, to supercharging Southend’s surgical capabilities.”
Now in its fourth generation of NHS England’s route to market for the provision of design and construction services to NHS capital projects, the P23 framework is part of the CCS CWAS2 procurement framework.