Tidewater Lock & Key, Inc.

Tidewater Lock & Key, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia, provides locksmith services, security doors, and related hardware to the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a small-business prime contractor. The vendor operates 100% as a prime (50 awards across its recent footprint) and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, though the firm also accepts full-and-open solicitations.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on locksmith installation, repair, and replacement; security door fabrication and delivery; and safe and cabinet hardware maintenance. Recent representative work includes a $187,941 Total Small Business purchase order awarded July 1, 2026, by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for locksmith support services at Joint Staff Hampton Roads secure facilities in Norfolk, Virginia, running through June 30, 2031; a $101,506 full-and-open purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command awarded June 25, 2026, for security doors to be delivered to Dahlgren, Virginia; and a $24,538 Total Small Business purchase order from the Judge Advocate General's office awarded July 29, 2025, for lock replacement in Building A-50 at Naval Station Norfolk.

Customer concentration clusters around Navy operational commands and defense security offices. The top five customer agencies account for 54% of awards by count and 89% of combined potential value. The Office of the Secretary of Defense leads on potential value (5 awards, $577 thousand), followed by Naval Sea Systems Command (4 awards, $168 thousand) and US Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) (10 awards, $108 thousand). The Coast Guard, United States Special Operations Command, and Army Headquarters account for the remainder of the top tier. The vendor has worked with 19 distinct federal customer agencies across its prime footprint, indicating broad but shallow penetration into the defense and security customer base.

Activity is light and episodic — one award in 2021, one in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with a combined potential value of $1.1 million across fifty awards and $923 thousand in obligated dollars. The majority of the vendor's workload comprises small-dollar purchase orders with firm fixed-price terms and completion dates within six to twelve months. Two awards (combined potential value $187,941) extend beyond two years; the remainder complete or have completed within the near term. The vendor does not sit on GWACs, agency-wide IDIQs, or other parent vehicles — all awards are standalone purchase orders issued directly by customer commands. Tidewater Lock & Key carries no subcontract footprint; it operates exclusively as a prime contractor without recorded sub-awards.