The new hospital is being delivered as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in accordance with the Government of Victoria's Partnerships Victoria policy, which was first released in June 2000.
The Partnerships Victoria procurement model used for the RCH involves a partnership between a private sector consortium responsible for designing, building, financing, and maintaining a facility; with the public sector maintaining responsibility for provision of the clinical services within the new hospital. This accords with government policy that core public services should be provided directly by the public sector.