Reliance Secure Task Management Limited has been selected, with HBOS plc and Kier Project Investment Ltd, as preferred bidder for a 30-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract for Kent Police Authority.
The project involves the financing, design and construction of a Divisional Headquarters at Gravesend in North Kent. Subject to contract award, which is expected in October 2005, construction work would start in January 2006. RSTM reports that it would provide a range of support services, starting in July 2007, including contract management, estate maintenance, utilities and energy management, the operation of a public service counter, catering and hospitality, cleaning and waste management, a logistics service, a property management and tape/disc service and conference booking and preparation. It is estimated that the support services contract will generate turnover for RSTM of £1.3m in a full year.
What they say
Ray Masters, Managing Director of Reliance Secure Task Management Limited, said: "We are delighted to have been selected as Preferred Bidder for the North Kent Police PFI contract, which emphasises the specialist expertise and capabilities we have developed in the provision of facilities management and business process outsourcing services for the criminal justice sector. Our partnership approach, which is directed to offering change management, innovative business processes and high levels of service, enables our customers to achieve greater streamlining and efficiencies in their non-core support operations as well as better use of their material resources and highly trained people.”
