FDS warms up with £200,000 hospital contract

An Ashfield company has won a six-month contract to carry out work on fire safety doors at a busy health centre that forms part of one of the East Midlands’ largest hospitals.

Fire Door Specialists, based at Brierley Park Close, Stanton Hill, will inspect more than 250 doors and carry out any remedial work needed at the Ear, Eye, Nose, and Throat department at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.

FDS, which will also supply and fit doors and door sets as required, won the £200,000 contract with Ideal Cleaning Services, the company that manages facilities at the EENT centre.

Kieran Percival, co-director at FDS said: “This is a prestigious contract for us and further cements our reputation for being the fire door specialists people in public sector organisations can trust.

“We have allocated 12 of our personnel to be on site throughout the contract, which has just begun, with work scheduled to be completed by the summer. Additionally, we are carrying out a lot of the work at night so that any potential disruption is at a minimum.”

Andrew Bentley, from Ideal Cleaning Services, said: “This work has to be carried out by the experts, and, because of the setting, it has to be done with as little disruption as possible. In FDS, we have a partner that ticks the right boxes.

“Before issuing the contract, we’d worked with FDS for well over a year. Initially, for one-off fire door replacements and then for the six-monthly fire door inspections. I was impressed by their efficiency and practical, rational approach to rectification work and the stress-free reports and project management.

“I know the project will go smoothly even in the challenging environment of a working healthcare facility.”