Babcock has been awarded a new contract amendment by Defence
Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), integrating the delivery of hard
Facilities Management (FM) services on five training establishments
into the Regional Prime Contract South West (RPC SW).
Valued at approximately £33 million, the new contract amendment
will see Babcock's Infrastructure business deliver hard FM services
at HMS Collingwood, HMS Excellent, HMS Raleigh, HMS Sultan and
Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The new contract, which
commenced on 1 July 2011, includes revised terms to ensure
flexibility for changing Defence requirements.
Bringing delivery of these services into RPC SW will provide
added value to the MOD through savings generated from economies of
scale and revised service levels. A significant saving has also
been made through the reduction in tendering costs by using an
existing market-tested contract.
Delivered through the Debut joint venture partnership, the RPC
SW contract already delivers estate management services to almost
60 establishments, which encompasses some 200 separate parcels of
land, within the South West region. Within these sites there are
approximately 9,000 assets ranging from barrack blocks, galleys and
offices to infrastructure, sports pitches and reservoirs.
David Plester, Managing Director of Babcock's Infrastructure
business, commented; "Working in collaboration with DIO, our team
has worked hard to demonstrate value for money in bringing the
delivery of hard FM services for these sites into the RPC SW
contract. I would like to congratulate our team in meeting this
challenging eight-week mobilisation programme. We will continue to
work jointly with DIO to deliver our services in support of
operational outputs for our customers within these prestigious
training establishments."