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Mitie has won a new five-year contract, worth £81.7 million, with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
The new contract will see Mitie manage planned and reactive engineering maintenance at 12 buildings across three DVLA sites in the Swansea area, including its data centre, training facilities and the office space for almost 6,000 DVLA colleagues.
Mitie will bring its innovative approach to digital remote maintenance to ensure the smooth running of some of DVLA’s key facilities. This includes expert engineers remotely monitoring data from building equipment like heating and air ventilation systems to detect faults before issues arise, as well as identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency of this equipment and reduce energy use where possible.
Along with providing engineering services through this new contract, through a separate project, Mitie also delivers carbon reduction projects across two DVLA sites, including the design, supply and installation of air source heat pumps as well as all associated electrical works. By helping DVLA make the switch to cleaner power, Mitie has supported the Agency in meeting its Greening Government Commitments as the Department for Transport aims to reduce carbon emissions by 62 per cent by 2025.
Jason Towse, Managing Director, Mitie, said:“We’re pleased to have been awarded this new contract with DVLA to manage planned and reactive engineering works at twelve buildings across three vital sites in Wales. We look forward to bringing our expertise in remote maintenance to transform the way that DVLA’s buildings are managed.”
The contract comes with the option to extend for an additional two years.
FMJ has partnered with Watco to deliver a webinar on Thursday 30th January where we will be grilling a panel of experts on how facilities managers can maintain a safe workplace while balancing shrinking budgets.
The webinar follows the Lifting the Lid report series that the industrial paint and repair products specialist has been developing over the past few years based on research conducted with FMs across the UK. The research explored core responsibilities of the FM role, including how they have evolved in the past decade, and the associated challenges to manage.
Watco’s Sales Director and key contributor to the reports, Chris Budd, will be joined by a panel of experts including Phil Pinnington, Head of Audit & Consultancy at the British Safety Council, Nick Bray, Head of HSEQ, ISS UK and Ireland and Jenni Gallop, Director of Estates and Facilities at Provide Community.
With decades of combined experience in the introduction and management of health and safety in complex, demanding environments, the panel will provide the audience with recommendations broken down into steps that can be introduced immediately.
The panel will discuss the research data from FMs across the UK, the evidence they have seen of those experiences across industries and their first-hand recommendations on how to manage those challenges and ease the pressure.
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