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    ContractsSecurity and Protection Services Contract
    Awarded contract

    Security and Protection Services Contract

    Awarded
    £16.9m
    Published 21 Aug 2026

    Coventry University's contracted security and protection services provider delivering comprehensive site-wide security operations, parking enforcement, and incident management.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· West MidlandsPublished 21 Aug 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £16.9m
    Published 21 Aug 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £16,942,609
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      West Midlands

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • GS
      G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    21 August 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    Coventry University has awarded a comprehensive Protection Services contract covering security operations across its entire estate. Services include front-of-house and back-of-house security, parking enforcement, incident management, and support services to protect students, staff, visitors, and University assets. The appointed contractor will manage all service delivery through a dedicated contract management structure, including technology-enabled service management, real-time reporting, communications systems, staff training, performance monitoring, and management information systems. The contract has been awarded to G4S through the Omni CPV NVMSP Framework (OJEU Contract Award Notice 077-1122 OET AEC), established by Agri-EPI Centre Limited and administered as a Central Purchasing Body under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract value stated is an estimate and the actual value will depend on the scope of services delivered over the contract period.

    Track record

    7 awards · 7 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In professional services, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY has awarded 7 contracts to 7 suppliers.

    Who wins here
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    2. A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books)1× · 14%
    3. PENNA PLC1× · 14%
    4. G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited1× · 14%
    5. EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES1× · 14%
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    +1 more supplier

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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06e9f6

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    Sector
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