The four-year contract is with the MoD’s People, Pay and Pensions Agency (PPPA), which provides pay and personnel administration services for the MoD’s 80,000 civilian staff. It covers over 200 MoD locations at which G4S will be one of the contractors augmenting the existing MoD Guard Service personnel as and when ad hoc requirements arise.
To co-ordinate the contract, G4S is operating a National Control Centre (NCC) based in Leeds and staffed with former British military personnel. The NCC will provide the MoD with qualified officers to enable requests for planned and short notice coverage on a 24/7, year-round basis.
All G4S officers taking part in this contract are to be cleared against the Government’s mandated Baseline Personnel Security Standard or Counter-Terrorist Check.
G4S already delivers a wide range of services to the MoD, including the provision of pre-deployment training services for British Army personnel and contractors deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, the design, build and ongoing facilities management of the Met Office in Exeter, managing the Enhanced Learning Credit initiative and providing protective security and close protection services to all UK diplomatic personnel based in Afghanistan.
Private sector support for the Armed Forces
Speaking about the new contract, David Taylor-Smith – CEO of G4S Secure Solutions in the UK and Ireland – commented: “We’re delighted to have been awarded this excellent contract, which further extends our support to the MoD in the UK. We believe the private sector has the potential to provide far greater support to our Armed Forces across the full life of service careers, primarily by relieving some of the pressure from carrying out non-core tasks. We very much look forward to working with the PPPA team to deliver an efficient and effective service.”
G4S Secure Solutions is the largest security services company in the UK and Ireland, boasting a turnover of more than GB pound 1.2 billion and 40,000 employees.
More than 6,000 customers – including 50 FTSE 100 companies and the majority of UK Government departments – depend on the company’s security solutions.
