Serco SEA - Serco Australia negotiations with Bupa
Serco Australia in negotiations to provide health services to the Australia Defence Force as part of Bupa consortium
14 January 2019
Serco Group plc
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Serco Group plc ('Serco' or 'the Group'), the international service company, is in negotiations through its Australian subsidiary to operate as a sub‑contractor to Bupa Health Services Pty Ltd (Bupa), following their selection by the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Defence) to provide Garrison Health Services to the Australian Defence Force. Bupa have today signed the prime contract for these services. Serco's sub‑contract would provide the Human Resources Managed Service on the associated defence bases. A further announcement will be made at the appropriate time when the sub-contractor negotiations have concluded.
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Serco is a leading provider of public services. Our customers are governments or others operating in the public sector. We gain scale, expertise and diversification by operating internationally across five sectors and four geographies: Defence, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services, delivered in UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
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