PEL Services has been awarded the part comprehensive maintenance contract for the fire alarms and extinguishers used by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
The trust provides a range of specialist mental health services and physical healthcare to patients across Oxfordshire.
In 2011, the organisation outlined ambitious plans to improve the safety and quality of its services over a two to four-year period, including an upgrade of the fire prevention and alarm systems and extinguishers maintenance.
The contract with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is for a three-year term plus two further years and covers a total of 95 separate systems and buildings across the county.
Recently, PEL was awarded the fire detection and emergency lighting maintenance contract for a number of NHS trusts in Hertfordshire, before being recommended to Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to provide planned and reactive maintenance for the fire alarms, emergency lighting and extinguishers.