Retail Opportunities

 Something’s Brewing with the South Niagara Hospital Project

The South Niagara Hospital – opening in 2028 - will feature unique retail and food and beverage spaces, designed to provide a welcoming, convenient and service-focused environment for patients, visitors, physicians and staff. 

Niagara Health is launching several retail and food and beverage Request for Proposals (RFPs), listed below. Following the Broader Public Sector Procurement Directives, the RFPs will be made available online through Bonfirehub.com to support an open, fair and transparent procurement process.

Upcoming RFPs on Bonfirehub.com:

• Retail Pharmacy and Allied Clinical Retail RFPs, planned for April 2026

Closed RFPs:

• Retail Food and General Convenience
• Retail Café

Please note: While the information on this page is intended to help interested parties, it is still the responsibility of interested applicants to monitor Bonfirehub.com for the official RFP release. Dates are approximate and may change.

Retail Pharmacy and Allied Clinical Retail Spaces

Niagara Health will soon be releasing the RFP for the retail pharmacy and allied clinical retail spaces in the South Niagara Hospital. These spaces are intended to provide a welcoming, convenient and service-focused environment for patients, visitors, physicians and staff.

This is a unique opportunity for interested vendors to operate the retail pharmacy space, or an allied clinical retail space, both located in a high-visibility location on the first floor near the main entrance. The retail pharmacy will provide prescription medications, over-the-counter products and other personal care products. The Allied Clinical retail space will provide an opportunity for a healthcare-related support service or vendor to rent retail space within the hospital.

The RFP with information about this opportunity is anticipated to open in April on Bonfirehub.com

WELL Certification
The South Niagara Hospital is on-track to becoming the first WELL Certified hospital in Canada.

Recognized worldwide throughout the architectural industry, the WELL Certification program is a scientifically developed and independently verified tool to help design buildings and measure their impact on the health and wellbeing of the occupants. Organized around 10 concepts of building performance — Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind and Community – WELL is a program that details design and operational guidelines specifically focused on improving health and wellness outcomes for the people using the building.

What does this mean for food vendors?
As a WELL building, food offerings in the South Niagara Hospital should promote healthy eating habits by making fresh and wholesome foods more available. The WELL nourishment concept emphasizes the importance of food in maintaining health and preventing chronic diseases. This involves providing nutritious food options, promoting nutritional transparency, restricting unhealthy ingredients and educating occupants about healthy eating. 

You can learn more about WELL and the South Niagara Hospital Project here.

About the South Niagara Hospital
Coming in 2028, the South Niagara Hospital is under construction in Niagara Falls at the corner of Montrose and Biggar roads. It will offer a full scope of services, including emergency, critical care, diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical services, as well as Centres of Excellence in complex care, wellness in aging and stroke.

The building will be 1.3-million-square feet, with 475 single-patient bedrooms, eight operating suites, 42 hemodialysis stations and two MRI machines.

Photo, July 2025

No Guarantee

Niagara Health does not intend to create any contractual relations or obligations with any Vendors by virtue of issuing or by receiving or opening any expression of interest.

Niagara Health is not obligated to provide any guaranteed volume of purchases to Vendors resulting from this expression of interest.