National Asset Management Strategy Development for Healthcare Infrastructure

The recently published Te Pae Tata - Interim Health Plan (Te Pae Tata) sets out deliverables that the Te Whatu Ora Infrastructure and Investment Group (IIG) must deliver. One of these deliverables is a National Asset Management Strategy (NAMS).

Further background information can be found in the Interim Health Plan: https://www.huttvalleydhb.org.nz/media-and-latest-news/te-pae-tata-interim-health-plan/te-pae-tata-interim-new-zealand-health-plan-2022/tepaetata-oct-2022-1.pdf. (section 3.7.2, pages 72-73) Te Whatu Ora is seeking an organisation or consortium (the Supplier), via this RFQ, to support the development of a NAMS, by December 2023.

The NAMS developed in 2023 will be the first iteration of the planning for the development of asset management practice across Te Whatu Ora. The focus of the first version will be on asset management practice for buildings and infrastructure as the largest asset classes in Te Whatu Ora.

The emphasis of the NAMS will be on improving the maturity of asset management practice through the development of the frameworks, capability, and planning necessary to lift performance. In developing the NAMS, a stakeholder reference group will be established by Te Whatu Ora, who will be engaged as an expert reference group for the work.

We expect that the successful supplier will need to work closely with this group. There will be a need to engage a wider group of internal stakeholders involved in asset and facility management. Other stakeholders will be regional infrastructure leads, the Districts, the Ministry of Health, Te Waihanga, and Treasury.

The supplier will be required to engage senior leadership and governance as required in the presentation of the progress of the work and any analysis or options requiring senior leadership and/or governance direction. We are also running a parallel project to develop a capital investment plan by December 2023.

The capital investment plan will cover the investments we intend to deliver over the next 10 years, whereas the NAMS focus is on the growth path for asset management practice. It is important to note this demarcation and understand the boundary between the two projects.