Prison Service partners with MITIE

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MITIE Group PLC

18 January 2012

 



18January 2012

MITIE Group PLC

Prison Service to partner with MITIE on six bids for nine prisons

MITIE Group PLC ("MITIE"), the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by The Prison Service as its partner to bid for the management of all nine prisons currently involved in the prison competition announced by Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke in July 2011.  

MITIE was selected following a competition between a number of providers and the partnership arrangement will start immediately.

This agreement signals a new approach to competition for the Prison Service who will harness the expertise and experience of both organisations to enable the public sector to submit competitive proposals for the 15-year prison contracts.

Steve Wagstaffe, Director of Public Sector Prisons said:

"The partnership with MITIE will allow us to combine our respective strengths, skills and experience to help produce compelling bids for each of the establishments we are bidding for.  Public servants will be responsible for the core operational work involved in running prisons and a number of key services will be delivered by MITIE under the contract.

"I very much look forward to working with MITIE in the coming months."

Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE, Chief Executive of MITIE Group PLC said:

"We are delighted to have formed this partnership with the Prison Service.  MITIE has invested significantly in the justice sector and this new agreement is really important for us. We are committed to improving services, introducing innovation and creating efficiency in every contract we operate.

"The partnership of our organisations and the experience, commitment and skills of our teams will create a really compelling and competitive proposition for prisons management in the years ahead."

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For further information, contact:

MITIE
John Telling, Group Corporate Affairs Director	D: [phone] M: [phone] E: [e-mail]
Erica Lockhart Head of Investor Relations and External Affairs	D: [phone] M: [phone] E: [e-mail]

Notes for editors

1.    As a result of the partnership, MITIE has withdrawn its separate bids for the management of HMP Coldingley and HMP Wolds.

2.    The nine prisons being competed are:

·      HMP Acklington (public sector)

·      HMP Castington (public sector)

·      HMP Coldingley (public sector)

·      HMP Durham (public sector)

·      HMP/YOI Onley (public sector)

·      HMP/YOI Hatfield, (public sector)

·      HMP/IRC Lindholme (public sector)

·      HMP/YOI Moorland (public sector)

·      HMP Wolds (currently run by G4S)

What is MITIE?

We're the strategic outsourcing and energy services company. What does that mean in practice? We manage facilities, energy and properties for our clients across the UK and beyond.

We work with our clients in three ways; some take full advantage of our whole range of expertise, others may only need one aspect of what we do:

Strategy and consultancy

+ Facilities and energy management

+ Service delivery

Our strategic input can add value at the highest level by helping clients to manage their assets, while our practical management expertise can save customers money and reduce their carbon emissions.  We work with a vast number of clients in every industry across both the public and private sectors and deliver the broadest range of services that can be found in one place: from integrated facilities management to engineering maintenance to lifecycle energy management and much more.

There's a lot more to MITIE than you probably think. We're a big company with big ambitions - a leading FTSE 250 support services business, with more than 62,000 people, revenues of £1.9bn, and a reputation for being the best.

Visit us at www.mitie.com

 

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