Locksmith Tenders and Contracts

Locksmith tenders cover door lock and key supply, master key systems, electronic security locks and access control installations, and callout locksmith repair work for public buildings.

Stotles brings together locksmith 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. Locksmith work is often one lot inside repairs and minor works frameworks, and police forces and ambulance trusts call off emergency boarding-up and locksmith frameworks.

Locksmiths working on secure sites often need DBS or police vetting, and buyers may expect Master Locksmiths Association membership and insurance for key-holding. 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.

Locksmith work is tendered as callout and repair contracts for a building or estate, as master key system supply and installation, or as one lot inside a wider repairs and minor works contract. Police forces often call off a framework for emergency boarding up and locksmith cover.

Councils, NHS trusts, universities, housing associations and police forces are regular buyers of locksmith work. Some contracts cover a single building's callout repairs, others cover master key systems across a large estate.

Read estates security upgrade programmes, access control and key management reviews, planned maintenance schedules and expiry dates for callout contracts, 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.

The closest CPV code is 44520000 (Locks, keys and hinges), and callout repair work is usually classified under general building repair and maintenance codes.