ESS Support Services Worldwide (ESS), part of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has successfully renewed its contract with Interserve to deliver a range of support services at HMS Drake in Plymouth.
ESS is a market leading provider of catering, retail and support services in the defence and government sector and has been operating at HMS Drake for the last decade. This extension further strengthens ESS’ relationship with Interserve and the ongoing partnership between these two organisations across a number of contracts.
The five year extension is worth £7.6 million per annum and spans eight different locations across a 15 mile area of Plymouth. This deal will see ESS continue to deliver a wide range of food and support services including: catering, retail, leisure, and hotel services such as 24 hour portering, laundry, cleaning and refuse management.
Simon Cowls, Interserve Defence Regional PFI director said; “This rigorous process required by the MoD every five years has demonstrated that ESS continue to provide cost effective quality services across the HMS Drake establishment. It has demonstrated in comparison with industry sector benchmarks that the service offering from ESS and particularly the team at Drake fully understand and deliver soft services to an exemplary level. The result of the benchmarking further underpins the long term strategic relationship between Interserve and ESS”
About ESS Support Services Worldwide
Ess Support Services Worldwide provides catering, retail, leisure and support services to the defence, offshore and remote industry. ESS is part of Compass Group PLC, a world-leading food and support services provider with annual revenues of £17.6 billion in the year to 30 September 2013, and £1.8bn of revenue in the UK and Ireland. ESS operates across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote and Sport, Leisure & Hospitality with a broad client portfolio.