The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has opened a tender for manned guarding services across its UK estate, worth up to £36.94m.

The work is described as "critical to the FCDO’s operational capability to achieve HMG’s objective to keep its asset safe and to discharge its Duty of Care to staff and visitors." It covers a single lot, with the estimated value matching the overall contract figure.

The notice, reference ocds-h6vhtk-051f62, was published on 18 June 2026 and carries a status of open, meaning no supplier has yet been appointed and the competition remains live.

Security and facilities management firms bidding for government estate work will want to track this listing on find-tender.service.gov.uk for the response deadline, which has not yet been published in the notice.