Mitie, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has been awarded a new contract with the Home Office, valued at £180m over eight years. With a potential further three year extension, the contract would have a total value of up to £250m.
Mitie’s Care and Custody business, which specialises in custodial management services, will be responsible for managing and maintaining Colnbrook and Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centres near Heathrow.
The new contract, commencing in September 2014, will bring together two previously separate centres and will offer considerable savings to the taxpayer by consolidating the operation of the two establishments.
Mitie will care for over 900 immigration detainees providing full centre management, including all custody services, welfare, regime and recreational activity.
This partnership will see Mitie becoming the largest single private sector provider of immigration detention services to the Home Office, less than three years after entering the market.
Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE, chief executive of Mitie, said:
“We are delighted that the Home Office has awarded us this contract. We will be providing the best environment possible for the people in our care – putting decency, dignity, and safety at the heart of everything we do.
“This is strategically a very significant contract for Mitie, as we expand our presence in the market for custodial services. We look forward to further building on our partnership with the Home Office in the coming years.”
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For further information, contact:
John Telling, Group Corporate Affairs Director, Mitie
T: +44 (0) 203 123 8673
M: +44 (0) 7979 701 006
E: john.telling@mitie.com
Erica Lockhart, Head of Corporate Affairs, Mitie
T: +44 (0) 203 123 8179
M: +44 (0) 7979 784 488
E: erica.lockhart@mitie.com
