With a strong foundation and impressive successes over the past decade, the University of Canberra is at the cusp of launching itself into an ambitious future. This is an opportune moment to reimagine structures, practices and emphases and join us for the exciting journey that lies ahead.
The UC Health and Wellbeing Neighbourhood is a placed-based strategy to:
More than a typical ‘health and education precinct’, our strategy not only integrates health care provision with health research and training for innovation but also offers a:
The UC Health and Wellbeing Neighbourhood will elevate the university as a sector leader in integrating education, research, services and partnerships to change people’s lives and improve community wellbeing.
The UC Health and Wellbeing Neighbourhood will address community challenges in health and wellbeing that are important to the ACT community and well beyond regionally, nationally and internationally.
The UC Health and Wellbeing Neighbourhood will develop and implement next generation smart solutions for health and wellbeing across the lifespan that can be applied in any urban or regional setting.
Join us as an Aged Care Partner for the UC Health and Wellbeing Neighbourhood.
We are seeking a partner (and/or consortium) who shares our vision for high quality, innovative, technology enabled service and care provision across the full older person age spectrum.
Together we will improve the health and wellbeing of older Australians and develop the future aged care workforce. Our partner will share the UC values and will be committed to realising the mutual benefits to themselves and UC through continuous collaboration and innovation.
With our partner, we are seeking to establish a demonstration site for excellence in independent living, care and support for older people on our campus. This can be across the formal Aged Care sector, or Retirement Living Sector, or a related older persons care services and accommodation sector.
Any development of the built environment must include opportunities to collaborate in the design, siting and function of the built and urban environment, promoting progressive and modern approaches to designing and delivering such an opportunity.
Research forms a major part of the collaboration. Research within this relationship is both ways, through living labs and leveraging UC to conduct research and advance shared partner and academic understating across models of care and service delivery, built environment design, business operations and many other aspects.
The 2020 Bruce Campus Master Plan (BCMP) provides an overarching framework for the development of the Campus over the next 20+ years. View the Bruce Campus Master Plan.
The BCMP includes distinct neighbourhoods surrounding a university core. Each neighbourhood includes potential built environment and land development parcels that can accommodate a range of small to large collaborative partners, with particular attention on the northern Health neighbourhoods that imagines an integrated aged care provider located in close proximity to the University of Canberra Hospital (UCH).
UC has previously identified a circa 3-hectare parcel of land for a Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF); integrated with a new multi storey parking facility, the UC Hospital, and the northern Health Neighbourhood. This site was intended to also include options for supported living apartments and childcare facilities. The identified land has established site services connection points.
Adjacent to the proposed land will sit the Campus Community Project which involves the development of circa 1,630 terrace and apartment homes. This will be developed by Peet Limited with an estimate development program stretching over 10 to 15 years; and this will have strong connections to the UC campus core and active urban environment.
The broader health neighbourhood currently includes UC teaching, learning and collaborative partnership activities, underpinned by our partners located at the Health Hub, Canberra Specialist Medical Centre and the University of Canberra Hospital. The key activities and services range across the health spectrum, and include allied health services; radiology, pharmacy, cancer treatment, and nursing disciples, all within the Campus.
UC is open to considering different models of land tenure.
Together we work to empower, connect and share knowledge with our people, cultures and places.
The first step in UC’s strategy development process was the refresh of our Values and Purpose statement. This inclusive project engaged with over 250 staff from across the university.
Partnership EOI’s will be assessed in accordance with the UC Procurement Procedures and Policies. An evaluation team will undertake a technical assessment of Submissions.
Applicants will need to download the EOI Full Document and ensure they demonstrate an overall understanding of this EOI and its contents, while addressing the UC Strategic Plan; Faculty and Research Objectives and Visions; the 2020 Bruce Campus Master Plan; and the UC Development Principles.
Respondents may seek clarification of the meaning of the content of the EOI from the Contact Officer at any time prior to cut off time for clarification questions. For clarification questions, UC will provide written answers to the questions and will distribute the answers to all registered respondents via the online forum or way of addenda. UC will, in its sole discretion, determine whether to respond to questions. Any election not to respond will be notified to the organisation asking the question.
In all cases UC reserves the right to forward any clarification of the meaning of the content of this EOI to all organisations on a non-attributable basis.
Responses must be received electronically via TenderLink before 2pm (AEST) on Friday 19 August 2022 and in accordance with the lodgement procedures set out in the EOI and on TenderLink.
Where there is any inconsistency between the Response lodgement procedures set out on TenderLink and those set out in this EOI, this EOI will prevail.
Questions and responses must be received electronically via TenderLink before the closing time and date
