East coast businesses GenesisCare and Icon Cancer Centre have been selected by the Western Australian government to provide radiation oncology services in Perth’s greater metropolitan region, under a shared contract worth $21.2 million.
The contract was awarded from the South Metropolitan Health Service earlier this week, according to Tenders WA, with the scope of services covering the Rockingham and Peel regions.
Each patient will be reviewed at point of referral to determine if local radiation oncology services (to be provided at public general hospitals) are appropriate.
GenesisCare’s share of the contract is about $8 million and ICC’s about $13.2 million.
The Tenders WA website states the purpose of the contract “is to provide high quality public radiation oncology services in closer proximity to a patients home, to reduce the negative impacts associated with travelling long distances to receive essential radiotherapy treatments”.
Alexandria-based GenesisCare and Brisbane’s ICC will also provide medical physicist services, administration and clerical services, staff training and development, and maintenance of all radiotherapy equipment, in addition to other services.
The contract is expected to continue until February 2025, with an option to extend until 2030.
