MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and asset management company, has announced a facilities management contract worth £20.4 million per annum with The Co-operative Group. Under the new agreement, MITIE will be providing a range of cleaning services to all Co-operative food retail stores across the United Kingdom. 

The three-year contract will see MITIE clean more than 2,500 stores and this includes 600 Somerfield stores that MITIE already looks after. MITIE also cleans the retailer’s major head offices across the country. In total over 3,000 people are transferring to MITIE’s business during the mobilisation process. 

Before this move The Co-operative Group employed almost 25 regional cleaning contractors and specialist teams. By consolidating all of these contracts into one national agreement with MITIE, The Co-operative is facing the future more efficiently, with retail FM experts who understand their needs and aspirations.

MITIE will be bringing considerable benefits to the table, including a large and efficient 24/7 helpdesk function based in its Bristol head office, its own free phone time and attendance system for accurate recording of all hours worked, a bespoke management information reporting tool using real-time information via PDAs and innovations in training and health and safety. 

Martin Totten, director of MITIE’s retail cleaning team said: “We are currently in the process of mobilising the contract for The Co-operative Group. Winning this national contract with one of the major retail food giants builds on MITIE’s reputation in the retail market and our ability to focus on national contracts.”

For further information, contact:

David Revis, Investor Relations and PR Manager, MITIE Group PLC
T: 020 7034 7306, M: 07979 702465, E: mailto:david.revis@mitie.co.uk
Or visit www.mitie.co.uk

Notes for editors

What is MITIE?
We’re the strategic outsourcing and asset management company.

What does that mean in practice? Providing everything from strategic consultancy, to world-class delivery on the ground. From long-term infrastructure planning, to facilities management, property and engineering services. Our strategic input can add value at the highest level, while our practical management expertise can save customers money and maximise their returns.

At the same time, it’s not just what we do, but how we do it that makes us different. Our people are passionate about what they do, committed to working in partnership with their clients, and will always look for a fresh answer to a new challenge.

We work with our clients in three ways; some take full advantage of our whole range of expertise by buying the whole suite, others may only need one aspect of what we do:

Strategy and consultancy

+ Facilities and project management

+ Service delivery

In other words, we think, we manage, and we deliver.

The thinking phase is all about finding strategic answers to long-term challenges about assets and resources. Facilities and project management puts those plans in place, and our unrivalled range of services is one of the best in the business.

There’s a lot more to MITIE than you probably think. We’re a big company with big ambitions - a leading FTSE 250 support services business, with more than 54,000 people, revenues in excess of £1.7bn, and a reputation for being the best.