The New Mount Barker Hospital will be built on the existing Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital's location.
The scope of the project will incude:
- increasing inpatient capacity from 34 to 102 beds
- expanded capacity in specialist maternity beds, paediatric short-stay beds, rehabilitation beds, medical and surgical beds, and palliative care beds
- new operating theatres and post-surgery recovery beds
- chemotherapy and renal dialysis services
- new outpatient, community and allied health facilities, including consulting suites, an allied health gymnasium, and telehealth and in-reach services
- onsite dispensing pharmacies and pathology laboratories, and
- a 12-bed mental health unit
Key Dates
| Mar 2022 | Project Announcement |
| Sep 2024 | Contract Award |
| 2027 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| SA Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | SA Health |
| Successful Tenderer: | Built |
| Procurement note: | The project is being delivered via a Managing Contractor Model |
| Related contracts: |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Jun 2022 | The 2022-23 SA Budget allocated $220 million in funding to the project. |
| Jan 2023 | Following the Rapid Site Assessment it was announced that the project will be built on the existing Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital location. |
| Jan 2023 | The South Australian Government announced that enabling works were anticipated to commence at the end of 2023. |
| Jun 2023 | A further $101 million was allocated to the project in the 2023-24 SA Budget, which takes the total funding to $321 million. |
| Sep 2024 | The Government of South Australia awarded the main works contract to Built. The government confirmed the project would be delivered via a Managing Contractor model, with construction completion scheduled for the end of 2027. |
| Dec 2024 | The SA Government announced that enabling works had commenced. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2023)
Sector
Social
Procurement approach
Unconfirmed |
Location
South Australia |
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