SERCO GROUP PLC - Serco joint venture wins Australian defence contract.

PR Newswire UK Disclose, August, 2005

 
25 August 2005 
 
Serco joint venture wins Australian defence contract 
 
Serco Group plc ("Serco") today announces that its joint venture with Sodexho 
Alliance has renewed and expanded its contract with the Australian Defence 
Force to deliver garrison support services to defence bases, in the Sydney 
South West region of New South Wales. The contract is worth up to 
$Aus200million (c[pounds sterling]84million) to Serco over a term of up to nine years. 
 
Under the new performance based contract, Serco Sodexho Defence Services will 
provide a range of base support services, including weapon ranges, aircraft 
refuelling, security, fire and emergency response, environmental services and 
hospitality services. 
 
The contract will commence in October 2005, with 200 new jobs and...

            
        
    
    	    
                
                
	

		

					 
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