South Tyneside Borough Council
Locksmith Services (2026 retender)
£250,000 — stated in the notice
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
Tender is accessible via the OPEN System: https://open-uk.org/ OPEN reference: OPEN20262092 Submissions must be submitted via OPEN.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This sits in the upper-middle of the Other Community & Personal Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.
South Tyneside Borough Council publishes Other Community & Personal Services work continuously — 7 notices, roughly one every 43 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
40% of South Tyneside Borough Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
South Tyneside Council require locksmith services for their Green Space Team Allotments, Town Hall, Housing Plus sites and for any other buildings on an adhoc basis during the contract period.
It is a mandatory requirement that the successful organisation has an MT5 license.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
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Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads South Tyneside Borough Council’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
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- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 089352-2026
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