Adams Regulatory News (ADA)

4 Mar 2008 07:00

DawMed Systems PLC04 March 2008 For immediate release 4 March 2008 DAWMED SYSTEMS PLC ("DawMed" or the "Company") MAJOR CONTRACT AWARD BY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST And NOTICE OF RESULTS The Board of DawMed, the AIM listed medical device company which designs,manufactures, sells and services healthcare decontamination equipment andassociated consumables used by NHS Trust hospitals, private hospitals, clinicsand Primary Care practitioners, is pleased to announce the Group's award of amajor contract for the East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. The contract is one of the largest contracts that DawMed International Limited,the Company's operating subsidiary, has ever undertaken and covers fourhospitals over a wide area of East Kent, namely, Canterbury, Margate, Ashfordand Folkestone. The whole project is underway and is anticipated to be completedby the end of April 2008. The decontamination equipment to be supplied under the contract comprises14 Wassenburg washer-disinfectors and 12 Wassenburg Dry 300 drying and storagecabinets, all of which enjoy full tracking and traceability systems, togetherwith water purification equipment. This significant contract is a complete "turnkey" project comprising the supply,installation, testing and validation of all of the decontamination equipmentreferred to above, combined with the total responsibility for carrying out allof the enabling building works and services in four hospitals On site operator training is provided to the Trust and all staff will beproperly trained, assessed for competence and be required to pass a certificatedrating before operating the equipment. The whole project is masterminded by DawMed International's project managementteam, in partnership with the Trust's Estates Department. The Trust needs onlyone number and one contact for all liaison with DawMed International to ensurethe required outcome of fully compliant decontamination equipment in the variousdepartments of the four hospitals. Notice of Results - as previously announced on 30 November 2007, the PreliminaryResults for the year ended 30 September 2007 will be published on 20 March 2008together with a trading update. Commenting, Executive Chairman, Kevin Gilmore, said: "Today's announcement is ameaningful positive for DawMed and represents the creation of completedecontamination systems for flexible endoscopes used primarily in the endoscopy,urology, theatre and ITU departments of four hospitals in East Kent under aground-breaking "turnkey" contract embracing full project management by DawMedInternational Limited in partnership with the Trust's Estates Department." Enquiries: Kevin M Gilmore Tel: 01608 682244Executive Chairman Mob: 07785 396666 Beaumont Cornish LimitedRoland Cornish Tel: 020 7628 3396 Bishopsgate Communications LimitedDominic Barretto Tel: 020 7562 3350 For further information about the Company's business please visit www.dawmed.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange