West Yorkshire Old Bill turns to Interserve

A consortium led by support services and construction company Interserve has been named as preferred bidder on a buildings scheme for the West Yorkshire police.

The consortium, led by Interserve, together with Equitix, the infrastructure developer and fund manager, will design, build, finance and operate the new facilities, which comprise two new divisional headquarters, custody suites and a specialist operational training facility.

The private finance initiative (PFI) contract is worth £150m in total.

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Financial close and the signing of the contract are expected to take place by June 2012 and construction will commence on each of the sites thereafter, with a targeted completion date of 2014. Interserve will then be responsible for the delivery of facilities management services (including cleaning, maintenance and energy management) once the buildings are completed.

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