Galliford Try wins place on government facilities management framework

12th Aug 2015 08:09

(ShareCast News) - Construction company Galliford Try said its facilities management business has been appointed to the government's new Crown Commercial Services Facilities Management Framework.In a joint venture with OCS Group, Galliford's FM unit has been appointed to the Total Facilities Management lot of the framework, worth up to £3bn, under the name of Sigma Support Services.It has also earned a place on the Hard Facilities Management lot worth up to £500m.Executive chairman Greg Fitzgerald said: "It is tremendous news that our FM business has been appointed to such a significant government framework. The FM sector is becoming increasingly important to us as a business and this new appointment demonstrates that we have an excellent proposition to offer our clients."At 0816 BST, Galliford Try was down 1.6% at 1,762p.