Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll say it again, there’s no intention and we will not be privatizing the delivery of medical and health services in the Northwest Territories, just so we’re incredibly clear.
This is a multi-year project. The RFP went out earlier this fiscal year. We have narrowed it down to three proponents. Discussions are happening with those proponents and we hope to have a proponent and move forward with a contract with that proponent. That, I believe, is expected to be June, if everything moves forward according to plan. Then there will be more of a design phase. That will be
the first part of the year. Then it will be basically a four- to five-year process before we are finished everything.
We have learned some lessons on trying to renovate existing facilities while at the same time providing services. We definitely had some challenges when we tried to renovate and provide services in Fort Smith and that has helped inform the process. So this, in process – and the budget that has been allocated – includes the whole plan and design around the provision of services during construction, which means we’ve taken into account our needs operationally as well as how we move forward and where we move things so that we minimize impact on the delivery of services as small or as minimal as possible. But for better detail on that, it would be better to go to Mr. Heath for the specific details.