SEVERN Trent Water has chosen Morrison Utility Services to provide repair and maintenance services across its clean water network.

Morrison Utility Services will work alongside Severn Trent Water’s own staff and field teams to manage the delivery of the activities across the entire Severn Trent Water area.

Repair and maintenance activities are due to commence with Morrison Utility Services on April 1, initially until 2016, with options to extend beyond that. The framework agreement has a potential estimated value of about £25 million a year.

Andy Smith, water services director for Severn Trent Water, said: “Morrison Utility Services has proved it is the organisation that we want to build our future partnership with, displaying strengths that will help us deliver excellent service to our customers.

“The new partnership is about being an integrated team, delivering our objectives to achieve common goals. We welcome Morrison Utility Services and we look forward to working together.”

Charles Morrison, chief executive of Morrison Utility Services, said: “We are absolutely delighted that, following a rigorous selection process, we have been chosen as the partner of choice for Severn Trent Water under this new partnership model.

“We very much welcome this opportunity to develop a sustainable, long-term relationship with Severn Trent Water and we look forward to working as part of an integrated team to develop and achieve the stretching objectives set by our client.”