Morrison Utility Services (MUS) and Kier Integrated Services Ltd. have been appointed to deliver the mains renewal and developer services programmes for Affinity Water.
Commencing in January 2017 and covering all three Affinity Water areas, the framework has an estimated value of £20 million per annum and is initially set to run for four years with the option to extend for a further four years. into AMP7.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will work closely with Affinity Water to carry out design, programming, customer and stakeholder engagement, as well as adoption of value-engineering options and end-to-end delivery.
Commenting on the contract award, Jim Arnold, Chief Executive of Morrison Utility Services, said:
“We are delighted to have been chosen as the service partner for Affinity Water across its three water supply areas. The scope of work will include design and build responsibility for over 100km of mains renewal per annum, as well as over 600 developer services projects, and associated connections, each year. We will work closely with Affinity Water to ensure a collaborative and agile approach based on a foundation of safe operations, strong customer focus and innovative ways of working.”
Drew Ritchie, Managing Director of Wholesale Operations at Affinity Water said:
“This agreement is a crucial component of our programme and we are delighted to be working with Morrison’s Utility Services to deliver our AMP6 components.”
The firms were among four companies in the bidding for the contract.
Earlier this year MUS won a £250 million contract extension with Yorkshire Water.
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