Galliford Try wins place on government facilities management framework

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.