HP expects consolidated contracts will drive major savings
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 4/10/2008 9:00:00 AM
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reports a major consolidation of facilities and security vendors for most of its worldwide facilities, a move expected to save tens of millions of dollars over the life of the new contracts.
HP awarded a contract for integrated facilities management in its Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) regions to ISS of Copenhagen. The EMEA contract is subject to the completion of country legal requirements.
HP also extended a similar agreement with Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls for HP locations in Latin America. Johnson Controls currently manages HP facilities in the U.S. and Canada.
A contract for site security, reception and switchboard services for its facilities in EMEA, APJ and Latin America has been extended to G4S, West Sussex, England. China, France, Germany and Venezuela are excluded from the agreements.
Security services for HP facilities in the U.S. and Canada were awarded last year to Stockholm-based Securitas.
HP has 172,000 employees occupying 62 million square feet of office, manufacturing, development, and lab space around the world.
“These new agreements will reduce the company’s number of suppliers worldwide from hundreds down to just a few high-capability global providers and service suppliers,” concludes Jon Flaxman, executive VP and chief administrative officer, HP.
