NIGP 91048: Locksmith Services

NIGP 91048 Locksmith Services (Item) is an active commodity across state departments, county governments, municipalities, school districts, and specialized authorities, encompassing on-call and as-needed lock installation, repair, maintenance, key duplication, electronic access control integration, and emergency response services. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies ranging from health and human services facilities (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Human Services) to corrections departments (Orange County Sheriff, Georgia Department of Corrections), school districts (New Haven Public Schools, Pinellas County Schools, Sarasota County Schools), transit and airport authorities (Broward County Aviation, Long Beach Public Utilities), municipal departments (City of Philadelphia, City of Dallas, City of Phoenix), and higher-education campuses (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Florida Atlantic University). The code captures both supply-side work (door hardware, key blanks, cylinders) and service delivery (installation, repair, emergency callout), with vendors required to hold active state locksmith or contractor licenses, demonstrate commercial experience, maintain 24/7 emergency response capability, and often hold certifications from the Associated Locksmiths of America or authorized distributor status for restricted-keyway systems (Schlage Primus, Von Duprin, Best, ASSA ABLOY).

Geographic activity spans Texas (El Paso State Supported Living Center, Texas Center for Infectious Disease, TxDOT Austin area), Florida (Broward County, Volusia County, Sarasota County schools), California (Alameda Housing Authority, Caltrans multi-county operations, Long Beach), Illinois (Alton Mental Health Center multiple rebids), and Georgia (Orange County detention, Atlanta-area municipalities), with additional demand from Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's as-needed locksmith and security door installation at El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017500, due August 3, 2026), Broward County Aviation's comprehensive locksmith services at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (definite quantity contract, due February 2, 2026, subsequently reposted under related solicitation BLD2131842Q1 on May 20, 2026), the City of Phoenix Public Works Department's five-year commercial locksmith products and services agreement (IFB IFB26FMD0304, due July 3, 2026), and the City of Dallas citywide master agreement for door hardware and locksmith services (BF2600030106, due April 17, 2026). Pricing structures typically employ hourly labor rates stratified by time of day (standard, after-hours, emergency, overtime, holiday), percentage markups on parts (often capped at 10–20 percent), and service call fees; bonds and insurance requirements (general liability of $1 million to $5 million depending on scope) are standard. Small business set-asides appear in several Illinois procurements (Alton Mental Health Center keying system projects), and local-preference and minority-owned business encouragement provisions are common in municipal and county solicitations.