£500 million IFM Cumbria Consortium contract awarded

MITIE has been awarded a new IFM contract with the Cumbria Consortium, which includes Sellafield Ltd, worth up to £500 million. With an initial term of five years, and the option to extend for up to five more years, Mitie will provide all FM services across the sites, including engineering, cleaning, security, waste, grounds maintenance, catering, and projects. As part of the Cumbrian Consortium, as well as Sellafield Ltd the contract will also cover locations across Cumbria and Warrington.

Mitie first began its relationship with Sellafield Ltd, Europe’s largest nuclear site, in 2003 when it secured a cleaning contract for the facility. Mitie's relationship with Sellafield has evolved over nearly 20 years as the service requirement has expanded through competitive tender and award, to cover a full integrated FM offering across all of the Cumbria Consortium sites. Around 650 Mitie colleagues now work on the contract.

Mike White, head of infrastructure, Sellafield Ltd, said: “We’re pleased to continue our relationship with Mitie as part of the Cumbria

14forty Introduces Cleaning Robot To Support Staff And Achieve Net Zero Goals

14FORTY has introduced a sophisticated cleaning robot into parent company Compass Group UK and Ireland’s Chertsey headquarters to help reach its sustainability goals and maximise productivity.

The company partnered up with Killis to deploy the robot - named Hanzel in honour of Compass Group’s Hanzel Gardener who sadly passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanzel uses a scrubber-dryer system, which uses 70% less water and fewer chemicals than traditional cleaning products. It will play a key role in helping Compass Group achieve its target to reach net zero by 2030.

The robot will also support the cleaning team at the company’s Chertsey base by cleaning open spaces such as corridors, and freeing up team members’ time to focus on touchpoint and cross infection hotspots. 14forty will also demonstrate and upsell the robot to clients, who may wish to utilise one in future cleaning contracts. WWW.14FORTY.CO.UK