Facilities management service provider Servest Group has won a three-year contract with the BBC to provide catering to 18 locations in the UK.
Under the contract, which is worth £8.5 million a year and has a possible two-year extension, 300 staff will provide a full range of catering services for 14,000 of the broadcaster’s staff and their visitors.
The contract, which starts on 1 April 2014, extends to 27 outlets including 24/7 staff restaurants, deli bars and Costa Coffee outlets in addition to catering for meetings and green rooms, and for events such as the Commonwealth Games.
The 18 locations include landmark sites such as New Broadcasting House and Media Village in London, MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, Cardiff and Bristol. They range from offices and production facilities to broadcast sites.
The BBC’s catering was previously delivered by two FM providers and their sub-contractors. Servest won the contract, under a competitive tender, because of its expertise as a national service provider with a local focus and an acute awareness of customer engagement.
“We are thrilled to have won this major contract with such a prestigious organisation,” said Henry Watts, managing director of Servest Catering. “It is testament to our ability to provide nationwide coverage with a local focus. Our aim is to do for staff and visitors to the BBC, just what we do best every day. That is to provide a contemporary catering service that has great people and local, seasonal produce at its core.”
About Servest
Servest Group is a leading facilities management provider employing more than 15,000 people over 4,500 sites across the UK.
Servest prides itself on its transparent, innovative, partnership approach. It self-delivers value-for-money bespoke solutions to clients in the retail, leisure, public, commercial, construction, transport and logistics sectors.
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