The Ministry of Health asked for patience of potential candidates who want to participate in the call New Network of Hospitals from the Recovery and Resilience Plan of Slovakia. There was a slight delay in the call. At the same time, the resort candidates are asking use the period to prepare applications. If they are going to make partial part of the request to wait a little longer.
The call for the construction and reconstruction of hospitals for projects above EUR 5 million was to be announced on 30 September 2022. Despite the fact that all the State organisations involved or the services participating in the preparation of the call have done their utmost, the original indicative deadline has not been reached. The call should therefore be launched in due course.
The reason for the delay is the different legal interpretations of the current existing legislative framework in the context of the recovery plan.
The restoration and resilience plan of the resort is considered a huge opportunity for Slovak health. Therefore, the Ministry considers it essential that all potential questions be answered at the preparatory stage. Only this legal and time-consuming process can minimise the scope for much more serious implementation complications.
The Ministry is sorry for the delay. At the same time, the Department wishes to ask potential applicants to use the period up to the call to prepare applications in the context of a government-approved methodology which is publicly available. Setting or focusing the challenge does not change in content. In case they were going to send partial parts of the request for assessment, the resort asks for patience, as at the moment the assessment process is suspended. It also wants to assure applicants that the next steps will be informed in a timely and sufficient manner.