{"id":14601,"date":"2023-03-25T08:40:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ferns-seals-50m-openreach-network-services-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-03-25T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:40:09","slug":"ferns-seals-50m-openreach-network-services-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ferns-seals-50m-openreach-network-services-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferns seals \u00a350m+ Openreach network services deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kent-based utilities reinstatement specialist has also landed the complex manhole contract, delivering half of the UK, exclusively in the South of England \u2013 a 3-year contract with a 2-year extension.<\/p>\n

Ferns has been working with Openreach for the last 12 months, developing its core offering as a new Tier 1 supplier using a direct labour model.<\/p>\n

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The contract values combined are believed to be worth \u00a350m+ over the next five years and will see Ferns deliver safety programmes, civil works, poling and complex manhole construction, including planned and reactive maintenance services, across the UK.<\/p>\n

Ferns group manager, Harry Fern, said: \u201cThe hard work we have done over the last 12 months is ensuring we have been able to become a key part of Openreach\u2019s Tier 1 supplier network, securing these new contracts is in part contributing to our wider group growth strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferns is also positioning itself to tender for a role as a build partner on the Openreach Fibre to the Premises framework due in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n

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