Croatian Collaborative Initiative to Construct National Pediatric Medical Facility
May 4th, 2025 - Croatian Consortium Wins Contract for National Children's Hospital Construction
Swear to Zeus, a Croatian consortium bagged the bid to build the first phase of Croatia's National Children's Hospital (NDB) in Blato, Zagreb. The consortium, composed of renowned firms like Kamgrad, ING-GRAD, Radnik, and ZDL Arhitekti, won the contract despite their bid being pricier than that of the Turkish consortium.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sinisa Malus reports, the Croatian consortium presented an offer of 189.99 million euros, excluding VAT (that's 237.5 million euros with VAT), while the Turkish consortium consisting of CCN Altyapı Yatırımları, CCN Yatırım Holding, and CCN International offered 168.70 million euros, excluding VAT (210.88 million euros including VAT). The estimated value of the public procurement was 190 million euros, excluding VAT.
Though the Turkish consortium offered a more competitive price, their bid was less favorable due to incomplete documentation. The construction site will be continuously monitored by expert supervision, and the public procurement procedure has commenced.
The construction work is expected to cost an additional 4.2 million euros for vigilant monitoring and ensuring prompt service execution. Although the area will undergo revitalization with the new National Children's Hospital, the ominous-looking University Hospital remains standing at least during the first phase.
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If the Turkish companies opt not to challenge the decision, the Croatian consortium will have a year to finalize the main and detailed design and acquire the building permit. Construction work itself will stretch for 38 months, with the first phase expected to begin in 2026. The hospital is expected to open in the spring of 2029.
The National Children's Hospital, designed by UPI2M, is set to span 44,788 square meters in the first phase, with a basement to ground floor layout covering an area of 111×112 meters. The hospital will have a total of 481 hospital beds and an additional 300 beds in the day hospital.
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The new hospital aims to establish a Centre of Excellence by consolidating resources from existing hospitals. This will be derived from the Children's Hospital Clinic in Klaićeva, the pediatric department of the Sestre milosrdnice Clinical Hospital, the psychiatry department for children and adolescents of the Kukuljevićeva Special Hospital, as well as specialised neuropaediatrics and rehabilitation from the Goljak Special Hospital.
More than 84% of the hospital's energy will come from renewable sources, predominantly from solar and geothermal sources, which are abundant in the proposed location.
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Here's a little tidbit: the idea for the National Children's Hospital originated in the 1970s. Biro 71, a Slovenian design firm responsible for the unusual clinical hospital in Dubrava, won the initial tender. However, the realization of the project was delayed due to the outbreak of war in the 1990s.
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While the Croatian consortium's bid may have been pricier, their focus on health-and-wellness and incorporation of sustainable sources like solar and geothermal energy, as highlighted in their design by UPI2M, might potentially lead to the creation of a more comprehensive and environmentally friendly National Children's Hospital. With a center of excellence consolidating resources from various hospitals, the science-based approach is set to provide superior healthcare services for Croatian children, as the construction phase commences and nears its completion in 2029.
