Lighting equipment and electric lamps: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 31500000Supplies · classin Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in lighting equipment and electric lamps

8 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 44% (94 notices)
  • Central government 20% (42 notices)
  • Other public bodies 16% (34 notices)
  • Education & universities 6% (12 notices)
  • NHS & health 3% (6 notices)
  • Not classified 13% (27 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
National Highways LimitedCentral government2010
Scotland Excelnot classified710
London Borough of HillingdonLocal authorities610
Belfast City CouncilLocal authorities410
Fusion21 Members ConsortiumOther public bodies400
Renfrewshire CouncilLocal authorities410
Belfast Health & Social Care TrustCentral government331
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities301
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilLocal authorities310
Derry City and Strabane District CouncilLocal authorities320

151 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 142 of 221 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South East England40 · 28%
East of England31 · 22%
Scotland30 · 21%
Greater London28 · 20%
North West England28 · 20%
Yorkshire and the Humber27 · 19%
South West England26 · 18%
West Midlands22 · 15%
East Midlands22 · 15%
North East England21 · 15%
Northern Ireland16 · 11%
Wales (Cymru)15 · 11%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 57% (125 notices)
  • Framework 40% (89 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (7 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 62% (138 notices)
  • Selective 20% (45 notices)
  • Route not published 14% (30 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (8 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 58% (38 notices)
  • Below threshold 42% (27 notices)
Typical tender window33 daysrobust · n=43median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (72) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=32
  • 1 bid 19% (6)
  • 2–3 13% (4)
  • 4–6 44% (14)
  • 7 or more 25% (8)
Contract value, net
p25 £71,443median £161,084p75 £356,100
interquartile range of 29 awards · p90 £1,084,055
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=28middle half 3–6
Competed96%robust · n=72open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs77%robust · n=134of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs81%robust · n=31single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally61%robust · n=31winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate2% above the estimaterobust · n=2513 below · 5 above
Abandoned3%robust · n=72cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot5robust · n=2460 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 317 awards to 173 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 21% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 59 of 221 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution13 notices · 22%
Proactis / ProContract10 notices · 17% · 4 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)8 notices · 14% · 2 open
eTendersNI7 notices · 12%
Delta eSourcing3 notices · 5%
myTenders3 notices · 5%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3150. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 15 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3150. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.