Carillion has been selected as the preferred bidder to provide facilities management and estate transformational services by the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), which includes Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital.

NUH selected Carillion following a procurement process that focused on identifying a strategic partner with the experience and capabilities to deliver high-quality, value for money services, which will support the Trust in achieving its objective of delivering continuous improvement to the standards of service it provides for patients.

The contract is expected to be worth approximately £200m to Carillion over the initial five-year contract period and there is an option to extend the contract period by a further three years, subject to satisfactory performance.

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Under the contract, Carillion will provide a wide range of hard and soft services, including fabric maintenance, mechanical and electrical engineering, catering, cleaning, security, logistics, patient movements, waste management and the operation of the switchboard and helpdesk functions.

The decision taken by the NUH Trust Board at its meeting on 27 March, that it intends to appoint Carillion as its preferred partner to provide estates and facilities management services, was based on a rigorous evaluation process in which all bids were assessed against the Trust's performance criteria, which included both quality and financial requirements.

Contract signature is scheduled to follow the statutory 10-day "standstill" period, which ends at midnight on 7 April 2014, after which Carillion is expected to start service delivery at NUH in June 2014.

Commenting, Peter Homa, Chief Executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "Carillion has extensive experience of running estates and facilities services at other similar-size hospitals. We are confident that by working in partnership with Carillion and utilising their expertise and innovative ideas for running these services, we can build on our strengths and further improve service standards for the benefit of our patients."

(CD/JP)