Serco has been announced as the preferred bidder to manage the Anglia Support Partnership (ASP). The unsuccessful final bidder on this occasion is services firm Sodexo.
Currently hosted by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, ASP provides services to a range of NHS trusts and other organisations in the east of England. Areas covered include elements of IT, finance, procurement, catering and estates.
ASP has 620 staff (all of whom look set to transfer to Serco) and turned over £34m in 2010, so the annual contract value for Serco looks substantial. The win is also particularly welcome for the company given its slightly depressed win rate in recent months (see Serco on track for H2, but new wins slowing).