G4S have entered a bid for a security contract for the 2014 Commonwealth Games hosted in Glasgow.

The bid relates to safety stewarding, one of the services up for tender by the Games, alongside security guarding.

Rather than employing a single security contractor the Commonwealth organisers have chosen to employ a shared framework, consisting of multiple contractors in order to avoid any mishaps.

G4S said: “as the existing provider of stewarding services at a number of Games venues, we are participating in the process to be included in the framework to continue to provide these services during the Games.”

Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz, said that G4S should not be bidding for contracts following its failure to provide enough staff for the London Olympics. The bidding application comes despite G4S bosses admitting that its handling of the London 2012 Olympic Games had been a “shambles”.

The news of the bid follows criticism of G4S after members of its staff, in charge of running a South African prison, were accused of abuse.

The South Africa have now moved to take over the facility after staff were accused of subjecting staff electric shocks and forced injections.G4S says it is investigating the allegations but has pointed to labour disputed at the cause for a surge in violence at the prison. The South African government have now launched an investigation into the prison, with preliminary findings set to be presented at the end of October.

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