Fabrication Tenders and Contracts

Fabrication tenders cover steel fabrication and structural steelwork, metal fabrication and metalwork, welding and blacksmith services, and the fabrication or repair of metal and composite components for vehicles and rolling stock.

Stotles brings together fabrication tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Rail operators, councils and universities publish fabrication work on Find a Tender, and smaller metalwork jobs often appear only on Contracts Finder or a buyer's own portal.

Fabrication tenders are scored on price alongside drawings and method, material certification, welding procedures and delivery or installation programme. Many buyers let repeat metalwork through frameworks split into lots, such as metalwork and heavy fabrication, so getting a place on the right lot comes before winning individual orders.

Structural steelwork for construction must be CE or UKCA marked under the Construction Products Regulation, which means working to BS EN 1090, and site installation brings duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Councils, housing associations, water companies and rail operators are regular buyers. Estates and maintenance teams buy fabrication for repairs to existing stock, and capital programme teams buy it for new structures and installations.

Read planned maintenance programmes, rolling stock overhaul plans, capital programme designs and framework renewal dates, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Fabrication notices carry codes such as 45223210 (Structural steelworks), 45223100 (Assembly of metal structures) and 45262400 (Structural steel erection work), and rail fabrication and body repair frameworks carry 50200000 (Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment).