The contract was awarded under the Government Procurement Service FM framework agreement, with MITIE overcoming “strong competition” from other eligible suppliers.
The five-year deal is expected to represent a total value of at least GB pound 30 million.
The contract, which commences on 1 October, covers over 80 buildings across Scotland, including specialist scientific facilities located in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Perthshire as well as the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, Accountant in Bankruptcy and the Scottish Fire Services College.
MITIE is committing to self-delivering over 95% of the services which will include M&E maintenance, project delivery, energy management, cleaning and a range of soft services.
The partnership builds on MITIE’s existing seven-year relationship with the Scottish Government and provides a number of their collaborative partners with the opportunity to benefit from the economies of scale that a procurement contract of this size will deliver.
Adopting an integrated FM model builds on the success of the existing contract and will “deliver greater efficiencies through a joined-up approach”.
According to MITIE, the effective monitoring of energy and the identification of energy efficiency projects will support the Scottish Government’s commitment to further reducing its carbon footprint.
MITIE, the Scottish Government and all collaborative partners will now work as a genuine partnership to develop, implement and enhance the overarching property strategy.
MITIE’s Total Security Management business appoints new regional managing director for London
MITIE Total Security Management (TSM) has appointed Jason Towse as its new regional managing director for London.
The growth and development of the TSM business within central and greater London will be the new appointee’s key responsibilities.He will also hold the role of retail director for the business using his extensive experience to develop relationships for MITIE in this sector.
Towse boasts significant security expertise having already spent 16 years in the sector. The 42-year old joins MITIE from Securitas where he was account director for Sainsbury’s.
He began his security career with his own company, offering retail detective services, and then progressed to working for various private security companies and primarily on retail contracts.
Towse joined Chubb in 2001, enjoying several roles including operations director, commercial director, head of retail and managing director for aviation. He transferred to Securitas during the acquisition in 2011.
Welcoming Towse to the team, Bob Forsyth (managing director of MITIE TSM) said: “We’re very pleased to be welcoming Jason with his senior experience of running regional businesses and his in-depth knowledge of the retail sector.”
Towse himself commented: “I’m delighted to be joining MITIE to develop its London region and opportunities in the retail sector. MITIE offers a unique approach to its customers through innovative thinking and efficient solutions with no compromise – a must for today’s environment.”
MITIE’s TSM business takes a risk-based approach to the provision and management of all security services, deliberately delivered through one management team to achieve cost and resource efficiencies.
MITIE sees the future of security being technology-driven and is investing heavily in working with its clients to implement future-proofed security strategies.
