# Approved Enforcement Agencies

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: JBW Group Limited
- Award value: £28,780,549
- Tender value: £29,549,186
- Award date: 24 January 2020
- Published: 6 February 2024
- Contract start: 24 January 2020
- Contract end: 31 August 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 87e45ed2-56de-46a2-9f5e-b59f9f0c0826-720754
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9b5c81d0-0177-43d4-9c48-ee7964965838

## Description

HMCTS uses private contractors known as Approved Enforcement Agencies \(AEA\) as part of its enforcement approach\. AEAs execute Warrants of Control and Warrants of Arrest\.

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- [Risk Issues and Opportunities Tool \(RIO 2026\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-49ad1885-c8e1-491f-9572-98b05b29a355): Ministry of Justice
- [HMCTS Approved Enforcement Agencies Lot 8 Secondary services to Lot 4, 5, 6 and 8](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-37f79ad3-73a1-4fa4-9dbb-927d7f49c5cc): Ministry of Justice
- [Approved Enforcement Agencies - London](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3cada656-b352-455e-9803-9241ac5cd0e7): Ministry of Justice
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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/87e45ed2-56de-46a2-9f5e-b59f9f0c0826-720754)