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Northern Ireland’s public housing authority is transferring its multimillion-pound Carillion contracts to another firm.
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), which owns and manages around 86,500 homes across the region, is switching the contracts to the UK division of Engie, a French energy company.
Construction giant Carillion previously had large heating and maintenance contracts with the NIHE before going into compulsory liquidation last month.
It was one of three firms set to replace boilers across NIHE stock over eight years, in one of the largest contracts ever awarded by the landlord.
Together with housing maintenance contracts, Carillion was understood to be making up to £35m a year through the agreements.
The terms and conditions of the Carillion contracts will stay in place, the NIHE said, including costs and service delivery.
A spokesperson for the NIHE said: “The board of the Housing Executive has agreed to novate the contracts it previously held with Carillion Energy Services Limited, to Engie.
“Engie, a global energy and services group, was the preferred bidder identified by PwC special managers, appointed following Carillion’s liquidation.”
Engie confirmed that staff working on NIHE contracts would keep their jobs with the same pay and conditions.