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Approve Agmt PR00006978 with Cannon Design, Inc to develop the Hennepin Healthcare System Facilities Framework 01/15/25-12/31/25, NTE $1,699,915
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Agreement PR00006978 with Cannon Design, Inc to develop the Hennepin Healthcare System Facilities Framework, during the period January 15, 2025 through December 31, 2025, with a not to exceed amount of $1,699,915, be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of Hennepin County; and that the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed.
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Background:
Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS) is a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County. Hennepin County owns all of HHS’s real property, including buildings and infrastructure. HHS’s campus, located in downtown Minneapolis, occupies over 3.34 million square feet within eight city blocks. The hospital includes an adult and pediatric trauma center, critical burn center, emergency and inpatient psychiatric care, multiple inpatient units and clinics that provide care to people from the metro area and from across the state.
HHS’s primary buildings are very old. Several of the buildings at more than 100 years old and are past their useful life. The current limitations in physical space hinder HHS’s ability to fully address all patient needs and hinders efficient healthcare delivery.
Last year, the County Board included additional funding in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for planning for the HHS New In-patient Bed Tower (CIP 1009702) (the “Project”), as part of a phased capital improvement approach for HHS’s downtown locations. This planning Project will fund initial planning for a behavioral healthcare facility and an in-patient hospital tower to replace the existing, aging facilities. The new in-patient hospital tower will be located at the corner of Chicago Ave. S. and 8th Street. The planning Project will develop a forward-looking facility planning framework that addresses HHS’s existing challenges with a flexible, phased approach that is aimed at positioning HHS as a leader of equity, innovation, and excellence in healthcare delivery that will positively impact its team members, patients, communities, and statewide stakeholders.
To that end, last fall Hennepin County solicited proposals from qualified firms to provide a 10-year Hennepin Healthcare System Facility Planning Framework with a goal to consolidate patient services and plan the new inpatient bed tower, new behavioral health care facility, and the restacking of the Red and Purple buildings.
Proposals were due on December 2, 2024. Eleven firms submitted proposals. Leaders from Hennepin County and HHS served on the evaluation panels and recommended Cannon Design, Inc to the Administrator as the best firm for providing the framework. The County Administrator concurs and recommends that the county board approve Agmt PR00006978 with Cannon Design, Inc.
Over the past five years, Cannon Design, Inc has planned, designed, or activated 30 million square feet (9,800 beds) of new community hospital space and they have performed work for 19 of the top 22 hospitals in the country as ranked by U.S. News and World Report. In the past several years, they have done similar planning work for construction of new safety net hospitals, including Parkland Health & Hospital Systems, in Parkland, TX and OhioHealth’s Grant Medical Center in downtown Columbus, OH. They have also done planning work for behavioral healthcare centers.
Cannon Design, Inc will be working with several local small minority business enterprises (SMBE), who will be receiving approximately 15% of the fee.
Cannon Design will build on previous consulting work by HHS to inform this framework. Specific outcomes will include analysis of strategic priorities, operational requirements, programmatic assumptions, operational and space planning, future state planning, hospital and behavioral health adjacencies, resulting in bed count projections, preliminary design scenarios, and capital cost estimates.
This request supports the county’s disparity reduction efforts in the health domain by providing improved care and access to Hennepin Healthcare’s diverse patient population.
Current Request: This request seeks approval of a contract with Cannon Design, Inc for the development of a 10-year Hennepin Healthcare Facility Planning Framework for the Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS) New In-patient Bed Tower Project (CIP 1009702) for period January 15, 2025 to December 31, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $1,699,915.
Impact/Outcomes: The 10-year Hennepin Healthcare System Facility Planning Framework will include future building scenarios that balance the needs and priorities of key departments and help decision-makers visualize the benefits, drawbacks, and costs of facility options and will assist county and hospital leaders to plan with maximum flexibility in mind. The framework will assist Hennepin County with strategic facilities decisions to address space needs of the system and its supportive functions and infrastructure.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval