LICENSABLE MANNED GUARDING ACTIVITIES
• Cash and Valuables in Transit
• Close Protection
• Door Supervision
• Public Space Surveillance (CCTV)
• Security Guard
• Key Holding
• Immobilisation, Restriction and Removal of
Vehicles (NI only)
• Non-Frontline (Directors, Managers,
Supervisors)
Procurement Specialist or a Company Director, you need to
consider: “What are the right questions I should ask of the
people who I am going to trust with my business assets,
staff protection and premises security?” An ACS security
supplier will work with you to evaluate your security needs
and keep them up to date.
ACS businesses can also assist with a pre-market
assessment, prior to the formal invitation to tender.
This gives you the opportunity to evaluate your security
needs with an experienced professional before the
tender is published. You should also consider adding ACS
membership as a condition within the invitation to tender.
“Your brand could be
at risk if you buy low
quality security that
goes wrong. Don’t forget
that the first and last
person your clients
meet at your premises
are often the people
providing the security!”
The ACS was created by parliamentary statute, and it is
a criminal offence for a business to claim to be a member
when it is not. ACS companies are rigorously assessed
against over 80 performance indicators across nine
essential criteria; helping you to make decisions that are
based on quality and value.
If a security supplier provides very low hourly rates
for provision of security, this could be an indication of
legal requirements being breached - which may impact
on insurance cover and have further consequences. The
SIA works closely with other agencies including the police,
HMRC’s National Minimum Wage enforcement teams and
HSE INTERNATIONAL
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