The forecast value of the PDP contract for a six-year duration is up to £600m to April 3031. There is also an option to extend the deal for up to a further four years to April 2035.

The programme will prioritise rebuilding healthcare facilities built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), with the first seven projects being delivered by 2030.

Further hospitals will be delivered in waves over the next fifteen years and beyond.

Mace and Turner & Townsend will lead the delivery consortium, working together with a national supply chain of around 10 contractors due to be named for the Hospital 2.0 Alliance framework, presently out to tender.

The NHS is presently tendering for 10 contractors to deliver the planned projects.

Mace and T&T will guiding the programme delivery, safeguarding the schedule and budgets.

To deliver hospitals at greater speed, value for money and safety an industrialised construction methodology is being adopted utilising standardised designs and off-site manufacturing.

There is also a push to open opportunities for small and medium suppliers across the country.

Jason Millett, Mace CEO, said: “The New Hospital Programme represents one of the most important social infrastructure opportunities of a generation, promising a legacy of transformative healthcare facilities for communities across the UK.

“Having supported both the Department of Health and Social Care, and the National Health Service for several years, we’ve seen firsthand the benefit of providing the nation’s committed healthcare professionals and their patients with the state-of-the-art environments they deserve.

“Now, through our leading role in leading the PDP for the New Hospital Programme, we are committed to bringing that experience and expertise, along with new innovation, to deliver for future generations.”