Lead Metal Tenders and Contracts

The most common are lead aprons and thyroid shields for radiology and cardiology staff, lead-shielded fume hoods and detector housings for laboratories, and mobile or ceiling-mounted lead shielding for interventional procedure rooms. Nuclear and research sites also post orders for lead shot and lead shielding used in decommissioning and detector work.

Stotles brings together lead metal tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Lead shielding and protective aprons are usually bought as small one-off supply contracts by NHS trusts and laboratories, or as part of a wider equipment fit-out.

Radiation protection equipment must meet the relevant BS EN standards, and work with ionising radiation follows the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Buyers include NHS trusts and hospital boards buying for radiology, cardiology and cath lab departments; universities and bodies such as UK Research and Innovation equipping physics and chemistry laboratories; and nuclear decommissioning and waste management contractors sourcing shielding for detector and disposal work.

Read equipment replacement plans, asset registers, framework renewal dates and expiry dates for existing supply contracts, which show lead metal work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Lead apron notices carry 35113400 (Protective and safety clothing). Shielding fitted into laboratories and imaging rooms is usually classified under the equipment or building works it belongs to.