Balfour Beatty is moving closer to winning the contract to complete the stalled Midland Metropolitan hospital, despite not yet having filed a “compliant” bid.
Balfour is already undertaking the early works contract ahead of the appointment of a contractor to finish the building, on which work stopped following the collapse of Carillion last year.
Documents released by the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust ahead of its next board meeting revealed that it is finalising its full business case to permit appointment of its preferred bidder for the work, the cost of which has been capped at £267m.
In a report, chief executive Toby Lewis said: “Our bid process is finalising a Final Contractor proposition from Balfour Beatty against our specification for quality, price, risk and time. This will be incorporated into the Preferred Bidder Final Business Case later in May for Whitehall approval in June.”
While the Trust added that it had not yet received a “compliant” bid from Balfour, it said “good dialogue continues to meet our longstanding needs”.
