Currie & Brown wins $6bn PPP project in Mexico

Currie & Brown, the international construction and management consultancy, has been appointed by the Ministry of Health, Mexico, to manage the development of its new Public Private Partnerships (PPP) hospital programme worth over US$6bn. 

This programme is one of the largest PPP initiatives outside the United Kingdom and the single largest PPP project to be managed by a UK consultancy. 

It involves the financing, design, construction and operation of seven new hospitals in Mexico, over a period of 25 years. The hospitals will be located in the regions of Sinaloa, Querétaro, Morelos, Guerrero, Chiuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas.

Currie & Brown will act as procurement advisor and sole international consultant to the Ministry of Health. It will provide all services related to the co-ordination, supervision and integration of activities, stages and products required for the development of all seven hospitals.

Other duties include carrying out feasibility assessments for each of the hospitals, develop cost-benefit analysis, payment mechanisms, risk analysis, dispute resolution mechanisms and supporting the Mexican government on its tender process.