31st Jul 2009 10:16
31st July 2009
INTERSERVE NAMED PREFERRED BIDDER FOR 200m HSBC FM CONTRACT
Interserve, the services, maintenance and building group, has been named preferred bidder by HSBC for a 200 million contract to provide facilities management (FM) services across the banking and financial services organisation's property portfolio in the UK.
The portfolio comprises over 1,600 retail and 80 office sites and includes buildings in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It also covers HSBC's global headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, building on the relationship Interserve already has with HSBC through providing the security services there. The contract, one of the largest of its kind in the UK, is expected to be signed in the autumn and will then run for three years with an option to extend thereafter for a further two. Interserve's services will include:
* Mechanical and electrical maintenance * Building fabric maintenance * FM help desk * Front-of-house services (mailroom, porterage and reception) * Cleaning * Catering and vending * Grounds maintenance * Waste services * Utility management
"This success with a client of the scale and prestige of HSBC underlines Interserve's credentials in managing important business services for major organisations in both the private and public sectors," commented Adrian Ringrose, Interserve's Chief Executive. "We are looking forward to supporting HSBC so that it can maintain the high quality of its customer services and continue to run its business effectively."
HSBC's global head of corporate real estate, Vivienne Grafton, said: "This relationship is critical to the smooth operation of our business and to delivering to our customers' expectations. Interserve have the scale and experience needed to deliver the vast range of service we require and we look forward to working with them."
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For further information please contact:
Giles Scott 0118 960 2307
Head of Corporate Communications
Elizabeth Morley / Tom Roberts 020 7379 5151MaitlandAbout Interserve
Interserve's vision is to be the Trusted Partner of all our stakeholders. We are a services, maintenance and building group operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. We offer advice, design, construction and facilities management services for society's infrastructure and provide a range of plant and equipment in specialist fields. Interserve is based in the UK and is a FTSE 250 company. It has revenue of 1.8 billion and a workforce of 50,000 people worldwide. Website: www.interserve.com.
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