A court has turned down a request by a security company to stop Heritage Malta from entering into a contract with third parties after ruling there were no reasons valid at law.

Signal 8 Security Services had asked the court to issue an injunction stopping Heritage Malta from entering a contract for the granting of security services.

Signal 8 noted that, following a call for applications, in December 2012 it had been awarded a tender to provide security services at sites operated by Heritage Malta.
This contract was later extended until the end of March this year. During a meeting held in the beginning of March, Heritage Malta presented the company with an amendment to the original contract that included safeguards against precarious employment according to a new government policy.

Signal 8 did not sign the new amendment and was later informed that its services were no longer needed and the service would temporarily be offered by another company until a call for applications was issued.

The court noted that Signal 8 did not have a right to be given the contract and it had chosen not to sign the amendment. There was nothing stopping it from bidding for the tender again.