Expression of Interest

During the 2022 Victorian election, the Victorian Government committed a $4 million investment for Bendigo Kangan Institute to establish the Castlemaine Community Health and Learning Hub (Hub) which will be used as a training facility for nursing students. In consultation with Castlemaine Health, the course offerings would include training in Personal Care, Ageing Care, General Nursing, Disability, and Family Violence Telehealth.

The Hub initiative will build on a co-located local community partnership with Castlemaine Health to deliver BKI’s health and community services qualifications, leveraging flexible and state of the art digital delivery. This collaboration will leverage a shared education environment offering blended learning, also known as hybrid learning. Hybrid learning combines online educational materials as well as opportunities for interaction online, with traditional face-to-face classroom methods.

The funding will be used to refurbish a disused wing of the hospital located at 142 Cornish Street, Castlemaine which is owned by Castlemaine Health as a training facility for nursing students. BKI will lease this area from Castlemaine Health.

This collaboration with Castlemaine Health has the potential to deliver significant benefits including student placements, opportunities for innovation incubation, access to industry advisory groups, and expert in-residence advice, making a real difference for students and industry across the regional communities where Bendigo TAFE serves.

The Castlemaine Health and Learning Hub learning spaces will be designed to:

• Respond to local industry focus areas.
• Support contemporary learning and teaching practices with a focus on active, student-centered learning.
• Facilitate collaboration and teamwork amongst students, educators, industry, and community partners.
• Support the remote delivery of programs to students

The project will be benchmarked against Bendigo Kangan Institute’s Essendon Health Hub.

Scope

The successful consultant shall be appointed as the Project Architect and will be responsible for collaborating with all BKI Project Managers, and other design disciplines to ensure coordination of all design elements.

EOI Process

Consultants are invited to submit an Expression of Interest for the role of Project Architect by 7th July 2023, 2.00 pm. BKI intends to release a selective Request for Tender (RFT) for the role on 11 July 2023 via Tenders Vic. The tender process will be a selective tender as defined within the tender documents.

To be considered for the selective tender please submit a capability statement addressing.

1. TAFE and tertiary education experience, particularly nursing, allied health, and aged care.
2. Refurbishment projects in live education or hospital environments.
3. Stakeholder Management experience
4. Commitment to local social procurement outcomes

Any queries regarding this tender can be directed to the BKI Contracts and Procurement team at procurement@kangan.edu.au.