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Oxford council in talks on whether to retain Carillion contract

July 19 (Reuters) Oxfordshire County Council, which last week ended much of a 10 year 500 million pound ($652 million) contract with Carillion, is now debating the future of a facilities management deal with the crisis hit British construction firm.

we discussed canadian goose jacket with Carillion is that we going to review what best, Alexandra Bailey, uk canada goose outlet director of property, assets canada goose coats investment at canada goose uk outlet the council, told Reuters.

The council terminated portions of its Carillion contract relating to strategic canada goose clearance asset management services and design and construction on July 11, however it kept the company on for facilities services such as catering and in house cleaning.

Carillion Canada Goose Jackets revealed a 845 million pound writedown on July 10, prompting a profit warning and the exit of its chief executive.

The company last week defended its ability to keep servicing customers and said it would engage in discussions Canada Goose Parka with key clients. It won three government contracts this week, including two slots of work for Britain High Speed 2 railway.

Carillion problems echo those of Balfour Beatty, which went head to head with competitors to take on projects at wafer thin margins during the recession. It later failed to meet savings targets or budget buy canada goose jacket forecasts.

The company had held high hopes for the Oxfordshire contract, saying in September Canada Goose Outlet that it had put forward extremely competitive prices to bid for the canada goose clearance sale work and expected that the council would use the contract wherever possible.

Carillion, which has been increasing its exposure to support services, originally had an option to extend the contract to 20 years and potentially secure work from salecanadagooseoutlets other councils and bodies within Oxfordshire worth up to 200 million pounds.

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The council estimated that the contract was worth 50 to 60 million cheap Canada Goose pounds each year, implying Carillion may miss out on over 300 million pounds if it loses all the business.

It will cease carrying out strategic asset management canada goose black friday sale services, canada goose coats on sale which includes deciding what buy canada goose jacket cheap to retain and what to sell from county assets such as libraries, fire stations and children centres and services such canada goose uk black friday as IT delivery, from Aug. 1 and stop canada goose store carrying out design and construction from September.

looked at our Canada Goose Online Carillion contract and to be honest for now it doesn quite fit, said Councillor Lorraine Lindsay Gale, the cabinet member for property of the council, which did not incur any cost uk canada goose in ending the arrangement early.

A spokesman for Carillion declined to comment on Wednesday on the contract, saying the company could not talk about existing customers. The contract was the largest of its kind in the UK when it was awarded.

The council said Canada Goose Coats On Sale that it had begun looking at the contract nine months ago, before the problems at Carillion canada goose uk shop surfaced.

suspect what you will see throughout the public sector is more and more UK Canada Goose people moving into positions like ours as they watch their policies in some of their markets, Councillor Lorraine Lindsay Gale, the cabinet member responsible for property at cheap canada goose uk the council, said. ($1 = 0.7673 pounds) (Reporting by Esha Vaish in Bengaluru; editing by Alexander Smith).