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Custody and escort services tenders from UK public buyers
Custody and escort services tenders open now: 1. In the 12 months to 22 October 2026, UK public buyers published 36 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to Whitfield & Brown on 16 Jul 2026.
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Which custody and escort services tenders are open now?
1 notice with a deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.
Custody and escort services tenders matched by text
Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.
Which buyers publish the most custody and escort services notices?
METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE, with 3 notices of 36 in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.
Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 36 notices in the window, read 22 October 2026.
How many custody and escort services notices are published each month?
About 3 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was June 2026, with 5.
1 of the 15 custody and escort services notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (7%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.
Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.
| Stage | Notices |
|---|---|
| Award | 16 |
| Contract | 11 |
| Planning | 5 |
| Tender | 3 |
| Tender cancellation | 1 |
| Stated value | Notices |
|---|---|
| Under £25,000 | 0 |
| £25,000 to £100,000 | 1 |
| £100,000 to £500,000 | 6 |
| £500,000 to £2 million | 3 |
| £2 million or more | 5 |
Who has won custody and escort services contracts recently?
ASSA ABLOY LIMITED won 2 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.
On 16 Jul 2026, Lancashire Constabulary recorded an award to Whitfield & Brown for “Greenbank Custody Refurbishmant”, at a recorded value of £1,781,976.
Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified
| Supplier | Award notices won |
|---|---|
| ASSA ABLOY LIMITED | 2 |
| Axis Europe PLC | 2 |
| ADFERIAD RECOVERY LIMITED | 1 |
| C2C Social Action | 1 |
| Elisian Limited | 1 |
| HCRG Medical Services Ltd | 1 |
| Lincolnshire Action Trust | 1 |
| Lindum Group Limited | 1 |
What counts as custody and escort services tenders here?
Prisoner and detainee escort, custody and detention services. Healthcare in custody is health-and-clinical-services.
Classified
The notice’s recorded classification (proposed by a model, each label checked by Jev) accepted this catalogue subject: custody and escort services. Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so none appear here yet.
Matched by text
The title contains one of: custody and escort services, prisoner escort, custody. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.
Open the official notice
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Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.Check the route to market
A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.Look at who won before
The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.
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Track custody and escort services tenders in one workspace
1 notice open now
Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE published 3 notices
The most of any buyer here, out of 36 in the last 12 months.ASSA ABLOY LIMITED won 2 awards
The most of any supplier in the 27 award and contract notices read for this hub.About 3 notices a month
Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 36 in the 12-month window.
Questions about this page
Short answers, with the figures read for this page.
How many custody and escort services tenders are open now?
Where are these notices published?
How does a notice get into this hub?
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
Where else should you look?
Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.
Sources and method
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- 22 October 2026, regenerated daily
- Window
- 22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026, by publication date
- Classification
- Not yet published to public pages
- Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so every notice here is matched by text.
- A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
- Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
- Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
- UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.
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