Official UK procurement notice
Festive Lighting · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Renfrewshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRenfrewshire Council is inviting contractors to submit bids for festive lighting installation (the service). The service will comprise the
storage, repair, maintenance, timely erection and de-erection of the Festive Lights.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to allow Renfrewshire Council to engage with the marketplace to carry out a soft-market
testing exercise.
The Council would like to understand the current level of interest in the market for a tender of this nature and gather some information
about the marketplace itself. Interested contractors are invited to register their interest via this notice.
CPV: Commissioning of public lighting installations · Lighting equipment and electric lamps · Maintenance services of public-lighting installations and traffic lights · Repair and maintenance services · Street-lighting equipment · Street-lighting maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 30
- Price: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Mar 2026, 11:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 May 2026 – …
- Authority reference
RC-CPU-25-246- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076691- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066d35Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance with Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations.
Publisher note: The recommended tenderer will be required to provide at Request for Documentation stage the following documents: Health and Safety Questionnaire and supporting information S1EqualitiesQuestionnaire S2EqualitiesDeclaration S3TenderComplianceCertificate S4NoCollusionCertificate S5PromptPaymentCertificate S9ListofProposedDomesticSubContractors S10 Parent Company Guarantee Insurance certificates BACS Form (SC Ref:839976)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
25 Mar 2026 → 12 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected211 days ago25 Mar 2026
- Submission deadline166 days ago8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened166 days ago8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Notice published70 days ago12 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2026- Status changed to active9 Apr 2026, 14:36 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Apr 2026, 14:36 BST
- Deadline published: 8 May 2026, 12:00 BST9 Apr 2026, 14:36 BST
- Status changed to complete12 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field and Lawn Ltd | £740,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 076691-2026-RC-CPU-25-246-1 · Field and Lawn Ltd
- Signed
- 27 Jul 2026
- Value
- £740,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview contact point
- Please refer to VI-4-3 below review procedureReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Field and Lawn LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria