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South Tyneside Borough Council

Locksmith Services (2026 retender)

Community ServicesCPV 98395000
Value£250,000
Deadline20 Oct 2026
Published21 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£250,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 21 Sept 202628 days leftCloses 20 Oct 2026
Who to contact
strategic.procurement@southtyneside.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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.

Contract value in context
£250ktotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£4.1m

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.

When this comes round again

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.

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The brief

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

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776df
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
089352-2026
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