ENGIE has announced that it has secured a long-term contract to provide total facilities management - including property and building services management, energy services, construction project works and asset lifecycle replacement - at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen Alexandra Hospital (QAH) in Cosham, in a deal worth a total of GBP1.3 billion (US$1.71 billion).

ENGIE has been providing these services on an interim basis at the hospital, operated under a Private Finance Initiave (PFI) contract, since early 2018 following the collapse of former provider Carillion. Over the last six months the company has worked closely with the Trust and PFI owner The Hospital Company to agree a new contract which will see ENGIE provide services for the remaining 22 years of the PFI contract. The PFI contract between the Trust and The Hospital Company remains unchanged.

As part of the newly revised facilities management arrangement, a number of new posts will be created by the end of 2019 at QAH in a range of disciplines from technical staff, to domestic supervisors and porters to enhance the offer to the Trust and their service users.

Other plans include ENGIE carrying out full refurbishments of the main restaurant and the current Costa outlet which will not only enhance the facilities for those who use them, but also provide increased capacity for years to come.