The five-year contract can be extended for a further two years

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British Gas owner Centrica has named Carillion as its preferred partner on a 拢90m facilities management and project services deal.

The five-year contract, starting from December this year, will see the contractor provide a range of hard and soft facilities management services, including asset surveys and planning, planned and reactive maintenance, cleaning, security and catering for Centrica鈥檚 115 locations in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Carillion will also deliver some construction projects for the firm.

The contractor has worked with Centrica since 2005 as its managing agent.

Richard Howson, chief executive at Carillion, said: 鈥淲e are delighted to be extending this relationship, which is based on a one-team approach in which Carillion and Centrica work together to deliver award-winning standards of facilities management and customer service across all Centrica and British Gas sites.鈥