Provision of Substitute Accommodation for UK Service Personnel

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The Ministry of Defence awarded a contract to Mears Limited for the provision of substitute accommodation for single service personnel and service family personnel across the United Kingdom, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

The contract covers sourcing properties, entering into agreements, optimizing value for money, showing properties to prospective occupants, providing an interface between provider and occupant, undertaking move-ins, pre move-outs and move-outs, ensuring maintenance, providing a 24/7 helpline, providing furniture and furnishings when required, paying ongoing costs (including utility and lease costs) and reclaiming them from the Authority in arrears, assessing and setting dilapidations, providing temporary accommodation if substitute accommodation is not procured, providing direct access to and use of the Contractor's Information System from the RLI, complying with the Authority's standards including JSP 604, JSP 440, Security, Technical, Interoperability and Data standards, providing a capability to interface with the Authority's Management Information System, and processing all data under instruction from the Authority in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

The contract is for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years, and is valued at AUD 187,000,000.