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MOD announces shortlisted FM bidders for English regions

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Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced the private sector bidders shortlisted for each of three major new prime contracts for the delivery of facilities management to Defence establishments across England from 2014.

Developed under the Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme, the contracts have an estimated combined value of up to £4.35 billion over a minimum of five years and a maximum of 10 years. Individual contract values range between £500m and £1.8 billion, depending on potential contract extensions.

The NGEC team has evaluated evidence of bidders' capacity and capability submitted in pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQs). This included technical capability, health and safety, financial standing, quality assurance, environmental management, and equal opportunity and diversity.

The contracts and shortlisted bidders are:

Regional Prime Central (including Catterick Garrison, Beacon Barracks Stafford, RAF Shawbury and RAF Valley training bases, DST Leconfield, Wattisham Airfield, RAF College Cranwell, and the intelligence and security centre at Chicksands):

  • Axiam Ltd – a joint venture comprising Interserve Defence Ltd and DynCorp International LCC
  • Babcock Support Services Ltd – a division of Babcock International Group plc)
  • Carillion Enterprise Ltd – a joint venture comprising: Carillion Services Ltd and Enterprise Managed Services Ltd
  • KBR – a proposed joint venture comprising Kellogg Brown and Root Ltd and Balfour Beatty Workplace Ltd

Regional Prime South East (including RMA Sandhurst, DMRC Headley Court, HQ Land Forces Andover, Hyde Park Barracks, Woolwich Barracks, Horse Guards, RAF High Wycombe and RAF Northolt):

  • Babcock Support Services Ltd – a division of Babcock International Group plc
  • Carillion Enterprise Ltd – a joint venture comprising Carillion Services Ltd and Enterprise Managed Services Ltd
  • KBR – a proposed joint venture comprising Kellogg Brown and Root Ltd and Balfour Beatty Workplace Ltd
  • PriDE (SERP) Ltd – a joint venture comprising Interserve Defence Ltd and SSE Contracting Ltd

Regional Prime South West (including various Royal Marines bases, RNAS Yeovilton, RNAS Culdrose, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) headquarters):

  • Babcock Support Services Ltd – a division of Babcock International Group plc)
  • Carillion Enterprise Ltd – a joint venture comprising Carillion Services Ltd and Enterprise Managed Services Ltd
  • Landmarc Support Services Ltd – wholly owned by Interserve plc and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

The successful bidders will provide maintenance and repairs to the Defence estate. Other services will include a 24/7 helpdesk for estate-users, a regional energy management bureau, grounds maintenance, and snow and ice clearance, with the delivery of Soft FM services to some sites included for the South West. Each contract also includes options for land management services and construction projects valued below £3.93m.

Steve Rice, Head of the NGEC programme, said:

"Our top priority is to support our Armed Forces as they prepare for operations, while ensuring value for money, and our next generation of industry partners and suppliers will have a significant part to play in achieving that.

“The regional primes have attracted a high level of interest from businesses of all sizes, and I am pleased that following a rigorous evaluation process we have established strong competitive shortlists of bidders with whom we can discuss our detailed requirements.”

The bidders will soon begin the tendering process with a programme of visits to selected Defence establishments, followed by invitations to submit tenders in October 2012. Final tenders are expected before March 2013, with the preferred bidder being announced by April 2014.

The three regional contracts for England are expected to be in-service from September 2014, replacing the two current regional prime contracts for South East and South West, and introducing a new single regional prime contract for the existing separate Central and East regions. A fourth regional prime – for Scotland and Northern Ireland – was launched in 2011 and is already well advanced in the tendering process.

The NGEC programme is actively engaging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other potential supply chain companies in its industry days. It is now encouraging smaller businesses with estate solutions – from low carbon technology and roads maintenance to plumbing, roofing and pest control – to consider where they might contribute to supply chains for these contracts, and to contact the shortlisted bidders. Full contact details for all bidders are provided on the NGEC microsite (see links to Potential Bidders Directory below).

Further information:

Press enquiries to: Pragati Baddhan (DIO Communications Officer)

on 0121 311 3678 or email pragati.baddhan914@mod.uk

Notes to editors

1. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). It is responsible for managing and maintaining land and properties to meet the current and future needs of the MOD and personnel at home and abroad, and to support current operations. 

2. Our work includes providing, supporting and improving: operational units; single living and service family accommodation; training areas and historic military sites. DIO actively manages these to ensure the needs of Defence are met, value for money is achieved, our heritage is protected and to achieve our environmental goals.

3. DIO was formed on 1 April 2011 when the former Defence Estates (DE) organisation was brought together with other property and infrastructure functions within the department to form a single organisation. DIO manages the MOD’s property infrastructure and ensures strategic management of the Defence estate as a whole.

4. The Defence estate is valued at approximately £15.3 billion, spanning 230,000 hectares and 45,000 buildings.

5. The Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) Programme is developing a new suite of contracts for the UK Defence estate, comprising four Regional Prime contracts for hard facilities management, one national and six regional Capital Works Frameworks for construction projects, a National Housing Prime contract, and the National Training Estate Prime contract. The contracts are estimated to be worth between £500m and £600m per annum, and more than £5 billion over 10 years, exclusive of construction projects.

Defence internet – NGEC programme: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DIO/WhatWeDo/NextGenerationEstateContracts.htm

NGEC Regional Prime contracts: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DIO/WhatWeDo/NGEC/RegionalPrimes.htm

NGEC Potential Bidders Directory (links at bottom of page): http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DIO/OurPublications/NGEC/IndustryDaysAndPotentialBiddersDirectory.htm

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