By Edward Trower-
Wilsons Auctions, the UK and Ireland’s largest independent auction company, has been awarded a contract with an estimated value of £1 million, to manage the disposal of various items of property/surplus assets on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service.
The two-year contract will be effective from July 1st, and may extend for a further two years. The auction company will be responsible for the sale of assets including jewellery, fine art, antiques and memorabilia, as well as property found in the street and also the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Surplus Assets and elements of crime related property.
This contract continues a successful run for Wilsons Auctions, which has branches across the UK and Ireland, and highlights its continued success in winning various government and law enforcement agency contracts. An insider told The Eye Of Media.Com that the £1m is an estimated value of the goods to be auctioned over a two year period. Some of the assets to be auctioned were seized from criminals, The Eye Of Media.Com heard.
Wilson Auctions is proud that they won the tender for the auction out of 40 rival competitors. Since the formation of the specialist Asset Recovery Department four years ago, the auction company works with over 40 law enforcement agencies across the UK and Ireland.
In recent years, the Auction has been responsible for realizing in excess of £85 million worth of assets which has been returned to the public purse. Aidan Larkin, Group Asset Recovery Manager at Wilsons Auctions said. “Wilsons Auctions is delighted to have been awarded this disposal contract of surplus assets by the Metropolitan Police Service.
“Wilsons Auctions is proud to manage the asset recovery for government and law enforcement agencies across the UK, Ireland and further afield. In May, Wilsons Auctions was identified as one of the London Stock Exchange Group’s Top 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain in 2018.
Wilsons Auctions was formed in 1936 in Northern Ireland and has grown to become the largest independent auction company in the British Isles with sites in the Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
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