Carillion to provide facilities management services in public sector prisons

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UK services group Carillion has been appointed preferred bidder to provide facilities management services in public sector prisons, a recent news report was able to reveal.
The contracts cover approximately 50 prisons and will be for an initial five-year period, with the potential for two subsequent one-year extensions.
Carillion will provide a wide range of hard and soft facilities management services, including mechanical and electrical engineering maintenance, building fabric maintenance, energy and environmental services, waste management, escort services for contractors, cleaning services and minor building works.
Mobilisation is scheduled to begin in 2015, while the contract is due to begin 1 June 2015. The combined revenue from these two contracts is expected to be between £35m and £40m per year.

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