by Shane Henson — September 13, 2013—International security solutions provider G4S recently announced that it has signed a strategic global framework agreement with Shell International Limited to provide security solutions to the energy and petrochemicals company in more than 30 countries.
The five-year contract, with the option of a further two years, will be one of the group’s largest global contracts. Under the new agreement, G4S will expand its current relationship with Shell, securing the energy and petrochemicals group’s facilities throughout the world. The company appears well positioned to assist Shell, as it specializes in outsourced business processes and facilities in sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.
G4S says it will be deploying more than 3,000 people in the new partnership and will be implementing an innovative new health and safety program, as well as a strategy to implement best practice security standards across the Shell locations by leveraging G4S’ Service Excellence Centres.
The contract will also enable G4S and Shell to work in partnership to evaluate opportunities to expand the contract into other areas such as exploration, executive protection, business intelligence, security systems (excluding access control), alarm and response, aviation services and major event security in support of the Shell operations and personnel around the world.
