2 March
Project proposal received
A project to develop accommodation, training and shopping complex for the KNH Hospital.
Health
Nairobi
Pre-procurement
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
07-12-2020 06:36:00
KNH cannot provide accommodation for most of its staff and students. The hospital has 4,700 staff members, of which only 20 percent can live on the hospital’s campus. Moreover, KNH provides training to 1,700 students from the University of Nairobi and the Kenya Medical Training College. Slightly less than 15 percent of the students training at KNH find on campus accommodation. KNH’s lack of housing forces most of the hospital’s staff and students to live far away. For instance, some of KNH staff and students live in the Kiserian and Juja areas, which are respectively, 27km and 35km away from the Hospital. Housing that is far from the Hospital has several drawbacks for staff and students, including: limited access to learning resources like computers (which not every student possesses), safety concerns for those on night duties, and higher transportation costs. The number of staff and students living far from KNH will increase as the current accommodation units continue to deteriorate. 50 percent of KNH’s accommodation units have been earmarked for demolition and should no longer serve as accommodation for people. KNH also lacks designated training facilities for medical students and staff. Most trainings take place offsite in hotels and hostels. The off-campus training sites have not been designed to facilitate learning and the lack necessary amenities to properly train staff and students. The need for these facilities will grow as KNH enrolls more students, employees more staff, and expands the hospital. The Project’s objectives include providing: ▪ Affordable accommodation to KNH staff and students on KNH’s campus. ▪ A designated training location to KNH staff and students
KNH envisions the Project having the following characteristics: ▪ 500 one-bedroom units 166 Section 31(3) of the PPP Act 2013 167 Third Schedule of the PPP Act provides for the Minimum Contractual Obligations of PPP Agreement ▪ 800 two-bedroom units ▪ 400 three-bedroom units ▪ 300 studios. The Project’s training facility will have: ▪ A conference room ▪ A dining area, and ▪ Additional classrooms. The Project’s shopping complex will have: ▪ Shops ▪ Restaurant ▪ Banking halls ▪ Space for other commercial facilities.
Engaging a private investor will help the Government, and KNH specifically, achieve value for money. The private investor can bring funding, which would be unavailable otherwise, and complete construction of the proposed hostels faster. Under a PPP arrangement, KNH can transfer risks to the private investor and incentivize on-time and on-budget project implementation. Another advantage of PPP procurement stems from the private investor operating the Project and providing services more efficiently than KNH could.
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2 March
A project to develop accommodation, training and shopping complex for the KNH Hospital.
