# Approved Enforcement Agencies - Secondary Services

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice\.](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Marston \(Holdings\) Limited](/contract-winners/marston-holdings/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £8,500,318
- Tender value: £8,500,318
- Award date: 24 January 2020
- Published: 7 July 2021
- Contract start: 24 January 2020
- Contract end: 31 August 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: cd66c2c1-43f0-4c26-b81f-9928ccdae90d-449432
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-be7d521b-d257-402e-a003-7f49223f474a

## 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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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd66c2c1-43f0-4c26-b81f-9928ccdae90d-449432)