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title: "EPP0201 - Festive Light Scheme for Braintree Town Centre"
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# EPP0201 - Festive Light Scheme for Braintree Town Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/epp0201-festive-light-scheme-for-braintree-town-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-050bb5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Braintree District Council: "EPP0201 - Festive Light Scheme for Braintree Town Centre". Published status: complete. Published Value: £336,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Braintree District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/braintree-district-council-ons-e07000067)
- **Published Value:** £336,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Christmas tree, Christmas tree lights, Electrical installation work, Installation services of electrical equipment, Street-lighting equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £260,854 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/epp0201-festive-light-scheme-for-braintree-town-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-050bb5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050bb5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/epp0201-festive-light-scheme-for-braintree-town-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-050bb5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3D2b523673-4f5b-f011-813a-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/epp0201-festive-light-scheme-for-braintree-town-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-050bb5#participate

## Description
Essex County Council, through the Essex Procurement Partnership, is procuring a Festive Light Scheme for Braintree Town Centre on behalf of Braintree District Council.
The works will include the design and supply of the lights across the town centre, supply of a Christmas tree and for installation and removal, which includes storage once removed. The proposed scheme will also require several fixings to be replaced for across street lights, and several electrical points will need to be repaired or extended.
Light switch on is required by 22nd November 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 31522000, 34928500, 39298910, 45310000, 51110000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £336,000

- **Contract Period:** 28/08/2025 to 29/01/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Gala Lights Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:06612708`
  - Value: £260,854 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 13/08/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (cancelled)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038038-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-28T16:07:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:00:01.926Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050bb5