The FM contractor Mitie has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) agreement for covid community testing sites. The agreement covers new test sites to be opened as needed by local government for periods of up to 12 weeks. The FM firm will potentially offer test site management and support services to councils across 11 regions: Yorkshire and Humber, North West, North East, West Midlands, East Midlands, South West, South East, London, and an option to add Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Mitie reports it can provide Registration Assistants, Processing Operatives, Security Officers and Test Assistants, besides site cleaning and any additional services required. The company says it has been supporting the country in its covid-19 response since the beginning of the pandemic, through community testing centres – the first opened in Inverness on April 25, 2020 – and services for hospitals, including the Nightingale Hospital London and the Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig – Dragon’s Heart Hospital as it is known in English – in Cardiff. More widely, Mitie now operates over 150 testing sites for public and private sector clients, and staff have continued to provide key services at critical sites, such as ports and airports.
Simon Venn, Chief Government & Strategy Officer at Mitie, pictured, said: “I am delighted to be extending our vital work at the heart of the UK’s coronavirus response to support local communities with their testing programmes. I am proud of the commitment of our Mitie colleagues in delivering these critical services, they truly are frontline heroes. We continue to play our part in keeping the country running and also supporting its recovery.”
