A delegation trip requires continuous local protection and a contact who is available at all times. One provider offers references and extra technology but cannot commit to local support. Assess proposals against mandatory services first.
Use an existing threat assessment or the case study to prepare a specification with mandatory criteria, reporting and escalation routes. Compare eligible offers and assign responsibility for managing the provider. If the preferred provider becomes unavailable, revisit the need and procurement. Extra features cannot replace a required core service.
Your specification and selection matrix support procurement preparation. Specialist threat assessment, local legal and licensing checks, and operational command remain with the responsible professionals.
What you will work on
Derive protection objectives, assumptions and minimum requirements from a specific threat situation, distinguishing required services from additional wishes.
Produce a service specification covering scope, quality criteria, roles, reporting and escalation points for an external executive protection provider.
Reject a supplier lacking a core service despite extra features
Who it is for
Head of Corporate Security
Senior management or a security staff function commissioning the service
Travel risk, event security or HR leads coordinating protection arrangements
Topics
Protection needs and threat assumptions
Scope of services and quality criteria
Provider selection and evidence
Contract and service management
Reporting, escalation and debriefing
Alternatives and legal requirements
Your result
Your specification and proposal comparison cover minimum services, mandatory criteria, reporting and escalation routes for procurement preparation.
Prerequisites
Experience in security or risk management and access to approved needs and process information. A case study allows participation without information about real protected persons.
Format and approach
Planned: 5–6 hours of self-study, with templates, a proposal case and explanatory self-checks.
A crisis management team needs a clear mandate, reachable people in key roles and defined decision routes. Draft crisis management arrangements for your organisation and examine them against an escalation case. The result is a crisis management team charter for discussion with senior management.