Guarding Tenders and Contracts

See open guarding tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Manned guarding covers static site guarding, mobile patrols and ad hoc cover, usually let as a stand-alone contract rather than folded into a wider facilities management package. Councils, NHS trusts, museums and universities run most of the volume, alongside national frameworks that other buyers call off against.

Stotles tracks 2,226 guarding notices to date, including 985 already awarded and 140 at pre-tender stage.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about manned guarding, security guarding, static guarding, guarding services, man guarding in the UK public sector.

  • How do I find manned guarding tenders in the UK public sector?

    Search live notices on Stotles, or watch a buyer's existing guarding contract for its retender date: core guarding contracts in this corpus mostly run one to three years. A growing share of NHS and council guarding spend is moving onto national frameworks rather than one-off tenders, so getting onto the right framework can matter more than catching every individual notice.

  • What counts as a guarding contract on this page?

    Manned and static guarding, mobile and security patrols, and ad hoc guarding cover. This is a narrower search than Stotles' broader Security Tenders and Contracts page, which also covers access control, alarm monitoring and close protection. If a notice is really about CCTV, alarms or access-control hardware rather than people on site, it belongs on that wider page instead.

  • What CPV codes cover manned guarding procurement?

    The two most common are 79713000 (Guard services), which appears alongside this filter on 477 notices, and the broader 79710000 (Security services), on 1,426. Buyers use the broader code more often, since guarding is frequently bundled with patrols and response services under one security contract.

  • Who buys manned guarding contracts in the public sector?

    Councils, NHS trusts, museums, universities and government agencies run most of the volume, typically for site guarding, reception or concierge cover, and out-of-hours patrols. NHS Shared Business Services runs a national framework with a dedicated healthcare guarding lot that other NHS bodies call off against.

  • Are manned guarding contracts usually run through frameworks?

    Increasingly, yes. NHS Shared Business Services was running preliminary market engagement in August 2026 for its third-generation Security Services and Surveillance Solutions framework, with a dedicated healthcare guarding lot, and several council and university guarding awards in the corpus are direct or call-off awards under similar regional or sector frameworks rather than fresh open tenders.

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