Healthy contract for property maintenance firm

Rotherham-based property maintenance provider Horbury Property Services has won a contract as one of the delivery partners for a three year agreement to provide repairs and refurbishment work to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The agreement will see Horbury Property Services provide general refurbishment and repairs services across a range of NHS buildings.

The contract, which will cover Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital, started in January with the option to extend the contract for two more years.

Richard Sutton, general manager at Horbury Property Services, said: “We’re pleased to have secured another major contract within the healthcare sector, following our recent framework agreement win with NHS SBS (Shared Business Services).  We demonstrated that we were able to offer a service that is very good value for money, as well as having the expertise to deliver high quality repair and refurbishment services.”

Terry Hull, deputy director of estates for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Keeping our building stock in good repair is vitally important and we are pleased to be able to proceed with the framework agreement with Horbury Property Services as one of our delivery partners.”