Public sector procurement body LHC has awarded 24/7 property and people protection provider SitexOrbis a 99.9 per cent Value for Money rating and reappointed the company as a supplier under V5, the new LHC framework arrangement for void property protection and estate management services.
The 99.9pc rating is significantly higher than achieved by other bidders and is the result the contractor says of LHC’s rigorous evaluation of pricing, technical capability, quality, health and safety and project management. Three new SitexOrbis services are included in the new arrangement: award winning access management systems eMAKS, mould eradication and infection control.
Since the evaluation, the company has added online customer portal Aura to boost effective project management. The new framework is estimated to be worth more than £2m a year for SitexOrbis over two to four years. Using the framework, the public sector is able to demonstrate Best Value without going through costly tendering processes.
Tim Oakley, head of LHC technical, said: “I think this is possibly the best framework for voids and estate management yet for cutting costs and helping the environment.” And SitexOrbis European director Mark Cosh said: “I am sure that the new services added will help us do even more business in the public sector, especially with landlords, the police, the health service and schools.”
About SitexOrbis
SitexOrbis is the new name for Orbis Property Protection from March 2009 across Europe. In the UK the company protects some 50,000 properties as well as some 10,000 lone workers, cleans 20,000 properties annually and provides infection control, long-term mould eradication and access control. The group generates a combined turnover of in excess of £50 million and employs more than 700 people.
