In September 2003 the Government of Victoria approved the project's business case and delegated to the Treasurer and the Minister for Health responsibility for conducting the Partnerships Victoria procurement process, including approval of the 'expression of interest', 'project brief', final 'Public Sector Comparator', 'preferred tenderer' and the project agreement.
DHS has the lead role in supervising the redevelopment on behalf of the state.
The project's governance structure during the construction phase comprised:
● a steering committee-the peak project governance body that supervises delivery (time, cost and quality) of the project, accountable to the Minister for Health
● the project control group (PCG)-the peak project forum at which the state and the project company review the overall progress of the project. The PCG has been delegated responsibility for the planning, design, construction and commissioning of the new hospital
● the state's project director-responsible for managing the project on a day to day basis including taking full accountability for the project design and documentation, procurement, supervision of construction and implementation and commissioning, management of contracts, consultants and contractors and budget management and reporting.
The RWH redevelopment project is subject to review under the Gateway Review Process, managed by the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF). The business case was reviewed (Gate 2) in September 2003 and a 'readiness for service' review (Gate 5) was performed in early 2008.