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Published 29 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Supply of Locks, Keys and Hinges (re-let)

Authority: LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED (Central government)·On behalf of: TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

GoodsSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£6,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 4 Sept 2028from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 2 Feb 2037 · starts 31 Jan 2033

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Team Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’). This requirement is subject to the Public Procurement Regulations and respective advertising action.

In April 2015, the MOD signed a thirteen year contract with Leidos Europe Ltd to provide the procurement and inventory management of commodity items (as well as the storage and distribution services), that were historically provided in-house by the Logistic Commodities and Services Operating Centre.

Leidos, working with the MOD, will transform the way these services are delivered to ensure requirements continue to be met whilst providing best value for money for the department. The organisation delivering these services is known as Team Leidos.

There is an intention to run a procurement in the future for The Supply of Locks, Keys and Hinges (re-let). The agreement has an estimated value between ex. VAT. £4800000 - £12000000 inc. VAT £5760000 - £14400000

Team Leidos will issue a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) closer to the tender launch to enable Suppliers to support the development of the requirment of the sorucing strategy.

Suppliers do not need to contact Team Leidos at this time regarding this notice.

CPV: Locks · Locks, keys and hinges

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 31 Jan 2033 – 2 Feb 2037 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED buys Locks, keys and hinges (CPV 4452), and who usually turns up

LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Locks, keys and hinges (CPV 4452) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 12 known-size awards · market: CPV 4452 · UK-wide, n=11
50%100%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 4452 · UK-wide, n=12
—33%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: division 44 · UK-wide, n=137
143 days35 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 143 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 9 of 17 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4452 · UK-wide, n=19
53%58%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with bid counts · all categories
43% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 4452 · UK-wide
33% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid43% / 33%
Buyer: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–314% / 33%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 0%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+43% / 33%
Buyer: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 3 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4452 · UK-wide
20% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate20%
Market: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%40%
Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate40%
Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 445248 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£6.0m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 283 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet11% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 283 similar lots
1 bid11%
31 of 283 similar past lots received 1 bid (11%).
2–334%
96 of 283 similar past lots received 2–3 (34%).
4–636%
103 of 283 similar past lots received 4–6 (36%).
7+19%
53 of 283 similar past lots received 7+ (19%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £6.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Joseph Gleave & Son LtdLive contractThe Supply of Locking Devicesruns to Mar 2030Supply of Locking Devices—Matched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
Last source update
29 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071927
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
LocksLocks, keys and hinges
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d70a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Jul 2026 → 31 Jan 2033 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published87 days ago
    29 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
  2. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  3. Tender notice expected
    4 Sept 2028, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    31 Jan 2033

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    29 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 09353172 8 Monarch Court The Brooms, Bristol, South West, BS16 7FHContact email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender