RNS - 20 May 2014
Kier to deliver £100m North Staffordshire NHS Trust contract
Kier Group plc has been appointed Principal Supply Chain Partner by the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust to support the integration of an extensive range of health and care services under the ProCure21+ framework. The contract is valued at over £100m. Work on the first projects is due to start on site in July 2014 with the overall programme of works continuing until at least 2018.
Kier's partnership with the Trust will cover a wide range of work, including refurbishment, extension and new build projects, ranging in value from £1m to £20m. Kier's work will support the integration of health and care services at City General Hospital in Stoke and Stafford Hospital.
Haydn Mursell, Finance Director, said:"We have extensive healthcare experience in the delivery of acute, mental health and community facilities and we are looking forward to working collaboratively with the Trust to deliver outstanding new healthcare facilities for Staffordshire. ProCure 21+, like other strategic frameworks, provides a pipeline of opportunities. Over the last 11 years, we have secured over 130 projects through ProCure 21 and ProCure 21+, worth over £1.1bn to the Group.
"Today's announcement brings the total new awards to Kier under frameworks to over £400m since 31 December 2013."
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For further information:
Faeth Birch/Charlotte Whitley, RLM Finsbury 020 7251 3801
Kier press office 07584 345081
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Kier and ProCure21+
Kier has an excellent track record of delivering multiple projects for NHS Trusts through long-term partnerships; it has worked with York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2003 and with Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for seven years, carrying out major and minor projects across the hospital.
Kier has also just completed a £20m Women & Children Unit for North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in addition to multiple refurbishment projects. Its most recent ProCure21+ project in the north-west was the Burnley Integrated Urgent Care Centre, for which it received 100% customer satisfaction scores.
Work on the first projects is due to start on site in July 2014 with the overall programme of works continuing until at least 2018.
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