UKAEA Chooses Johnson Controls For Facilities Management Contract

18th January 2005

UKAEA today announced it has selected Johnson Controls as preferred bidder for its facilities management contract at Dounreay following a competitive tendering exercise.

The contract covers a wide range of site services to support the decommissioning programme, including building, roads and ground maintenance, catering, cleaning and laundry, transport and industrial waste disposal.

The existing facilities management contract, held by Johnson Controls, expires on March 31, 2005. The new contract is for five years, with scope for additional works and extensions.

The new contract was advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union. A total of eight tenderers were short-listed from the expressions of interest and three formal tenders were received.

Maurice Edmunds, UKAEA Site Support Group Manager at Dounreay, said: "We will now begin detailed discussion with Johnson Controls, with a view to signing a contract to take effect from 1st April 2005".

Ernie Shelton, director Johnson Controls, Programme Development, said "Johnson Controls is delighted to be confirmed preferred bidder for this important facilities management contract. Our team is proud to have the opportunity to continue providing such an extensive range of technical and business support services at Dounreay."