PriDE manages Defence Estates’ South East Regional Prime Contract (SE RPC). Valued at around £380m, the SE RPC is one of five regional prime contracts currently in place in the UK.

March 2005

SEC/Interserve joint venture wins £400m Defence Estates SE Regional Prime contract

An Interserve / Southern Electric Contracting (SEC) joint venture, PriDE, has been awarded the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Prime Contract covering London and the southeast of England.

The contract, which was awarded to PriDE by Defence Estates, the agency set up to manage the MoD’s estate, is worth approximately £400 million over an initial seven years with an MoD option of a three-year extension. Operations will begin in April 2005.

South East Prime is one of five long-term contracts being rolled out across the UK by the MoD, which will employ Prime Contracting principles to procure the majority of its construction and maintenance services.

Both Interserve and SEC are already involved at various locations within the South East Prime area and their complementary skills will enable PriDE to mobilise operations relatively quickly. The principal activities will be:

• Land and property management
• Lifecycle maintenance
• Response maintenance
• Help desk
• Environmental management