NEWS & ANALYSIS FMJ.CO.UK
CONTRACT WINS & PARTNERSHIPS
ENGIE AWARDED 22-YEAR FM DEAL AT
QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL
Energy and services group, ENGIE, has secured a long-term contract, worth £1.3
billion, to provide total FM – including property and building services management,
energy services, construction project works and asset lifecycle replacement at
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen Alexandra Hospital (QAH) in Cosham,
Portsmouth.
ENGIE has been providing these services on an interim basis at the hospital, which
provides a range of comprehensive acute and specialist services, since early 2018 when
they were asked to step in following the collapse of Carillion. Over the last six months
the business has worked closely with the Trust and PFI owner The Hospital Company to
agree a new contract which will see ENGIE provide services for the remaining 22 years
of the hospital’s PFI contract. ENGIE will be responsible for the management of 950
employees across the hospital site.
As part of the newly revised FM arrangement, a number of new posts will be created
by the end of 2019 at QAH in a range of disciplines from technical staˆ , to domestic
supervisors and porters to enhance the oˆ er to the Trust and its service users.
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Churchill Group has secured a 10-year cleaning contract
with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) in
Glasgow and its surrounding areas. SPT is the largest
of Scotland’s seven regional transport partnerships.
It operates the Glasgow Subway as well as specialist
bus services and is responsible for delivering better
public transport for all. Under the contract, Churchill
is responsible for providing extensive cleaning services
which include the interior and exterior of all subway
trains, 15 subway stations, six bus stations/interchanges,
the offi ces and engineering depot.
Graham Facilities Management has secured a hard FM
contract with the Offi ce for Students (OfS). OfS, formerly
the Higher Education Funding Council for England, is an
independent public body that came into force on 1 January
2018 with the aim of championing ‘the interests of
students’ and ensuring they ‘receive value for money’. As
part of an initial three-year contract, Graham will deliver
planned and reactive maintenance services to three of
OfS’ key Bristol properties.
VINCI Facilities has been awarded a new four-year
contract with Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
to deliver external improvement works across its social
housing estates. Delivered by VINCI Facilities Building
Solutions Midlands team the work will include upgrading
doors, windows, roofs and security for Sandwell’s social
housing stock in the southern half of the borough –
Oldbury, Rowley Regis and Smethwick – and builds on a
successful 14-year relationship with the council.
Imtech Inviron has retained and extended its technical
FM contract at the Houses of Parliament. The new
eight-year deal will see the Imtech Inviron team provide
planned preventative maintenance and reactive support,
along with undertaking additional project work, across
the entire Parliamentary Estate. Imtech Inviron has
delivered technical FM at the Houses of Parliament for
over 20 years. During this time the team has undertaken
numerous projects, including major refurbishment of
mechanical and electrical systems during Parliament
recesses.
Nottingham Building Society (NBS) has renewed its
contract with Incentive FM for a further three years
which includes the remit to include its recently expanded
network. The deal is worth in excess of £4 million
and builds on a 16-year partnership between the two
companies. Under the new contract Incentive FM
will continue to handle the FM for all NBS locations,
constituting over 68 buildings. The fully integrated
solution includes all cleaning, security, M&E, building
fabrication and maintenance services.
Cordant Cleaning has secured a signifi cant contract
renewal with bus operator Stagecoach to provide cleaning,
shunting and fuelling services at 10 depots across
London. The new deal will also incorporate an eleventh
depot in Guilford, which means that Cordant will branch
out of London into a new regional operating company;
Stagecoach South. As a result of the updated agreement,
the Guilford-based personnel will successfully transfer to
Cordant under TUPE, which will bring the total number of
staff working on the contract to over 250.
MITIE WINS FM DEAL
WITH YORKSHIRE
BUILDING SOCIETY
Mitie has been awarded a FM
contract with Yorkshire Building
Society, worth £14.5 million over
a five-year term.
The contract, which covers
engineering, catering and
security, will see Mitie deliver
these services to 147 of Yorkshire
Building Society’s sites, including
oˆ ice locations and branches.
Mitie’s engineering business
will oversee the delivery of
maintenance and repair services
across Yorkshire Building
Society’s entire estate.
Mitie’s security business will
provide an enhanced level of
service to all Yorkshire Building
Society head oˆ ice locations.
Gather & Gather, Mitie’s catering
arm, will revolutionise the current
catering oˆ ering.
SKANSKA HEADLINES AT
THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Skanska’s FM team has won a contract in London
worth £1.7 million, with the Financial Times.
The three-year deal will see the team deliver
hard FM services at Bracken House, London.
The contract was secured in competitive
tender following the work carried out by the
mechanical and electrical team, which included
the replacement of interior services and facilities
over nine floors. The team also delivered the
mechanical and electrical engineering, plumbing
and heating installations for both the shell and
core and category A and category B fit-out.