VINCI Facilities to deliver hard FM to Queen Elizabeth PFI Hospital

VINCI Facilities, a leading provider of facilities management and maintenance services to the public and private sector, has been awarded the the contract by Meridian Hospital Company to provide fully outsourced hard FM services to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital PFI in Woolwich, London.

The £70M contract over 20 years will see VINCI Facilities TUPE across 30 full time staff and deliver a wide range of services to the PFI scheme including planned preventative and reactive maintenance, grounds maintenance, property management and capital works, life cycle replacement works, energy and waste management, medical gases and vacuum system and training services. In addition VINCI Facilities will manage the delivery of the £50M capital replacement works over this term.

Commenting on the achievement, Tony Raikes, Managing Director, VINCI Facilities said,

“This is a wide ranging, high profile contract for VINCI Facilities to showcase our hard FM capabilities. We are proud of our track record in the healthcare sector and look forward to working with the Merdian Hospital Company PLC and South London Healthcare NHS Trust to deliver a range of planned, reactive and ongoing facilities management services to ensure the smooth running of this vital facility in Woolwich.”

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital opened in 2001 to serve patients in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. It was one of the first wave of PFI Hospital build projects within the NHS and involved the transformation of the former military hospital at Woolwich into an acute general hospital for the NHS. The hospital provides 484 acute beds and 87 mental health beds.

Published: 07/11/2011