HEALTH bosses have named the company which has won a £200million contract to provide estates and facilities services at the City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre.
Carillion has been selected by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust as the preferred bidder to run the services which include car parking, security, linen and laundry, pest-control, maintenance and catering.
The services are currently run in house, but will be out-sourced after a two year procurement process.
The in house staff team did bid for the contract but did not make the final shortlist of five companies.
Carillion and Cofely, formerly Balfour Beatty, were the two final shortlisted external bidders. It is anticipated Carillion will start running the services from June 2014.
The decision was made at a Trust board meeting yesterday. Cofely now have until midnight on April 7 to appeal the decision.
The £200million contract will be for an initial five year period, with the option to extend by a further three years if performance levels are satisfactory.
Peter Homa, Chief Executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "At every stage of this exercise, the bidders (including Carillion) have recognised the strengths of the services currently provided by our in-house team. We however have a duty to those we serve to ensure the services we provide are value for money and to the highest standard and this is what we have remain focused on throughout this exercise.
"Carillion have extensive experience of running Estates and Facilities Services at other similar-size hospitals. We are confident that by working in partnership with Carillion and utilising their expertise and innovative ideas for running these services, we can build on our strengths and further improve service standards for the benefit of our patients.
"We in no way underestimate the impact this exercise, the largest such exercise the Trust has ever run, has had on those staff affected by this change. Over the coming weeks we will begin a consultation exercise with staff and proposals to transfer around 1,200 staff to Carillion at the start of this new contract."
