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Festive Lights Installation & Maintenance

Buyer: Hertford Town Council →

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BuyerHertford Town Council
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Sept 2026
Value£80,000
Published14 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Service delivery: - Secure and appropriate storage of all HTC Festive Lights assets - Installation and removal of lighting - Structural testing including pull testing - Electrical Testing including testing of lighting and power supply locations - Repairs and maintenance of infrastructure and power supplies - Provision of all necessary paperwork including insurances & RAMS - Provision of assistance to secure a Festive Lighting Licence with Hertfordshire County Council - Year-round maintenance of HTC Festive Lights assets - 24-hour contact for urgent repairs and emergencies - Emergency call out time within a 4-hour period of notification - Attendance at the annual festive light switch on which takes place in November. Asset list and installation requirements: 9 x Crossroads using 6mm catenary wire attached with specially designed anchor plates, to be tested yearly by a CFA registered company, installed to above regulation height of 5.6m. Made up of 5 x Crossroad displays 5m x 1.2m and 4 x Crossroad displays 8m x 1.2m. 9 x feature trees to have 30 x 10m sets of warm white / white twinkle 24v SELV with 100 LED lights per set, to be installed along the branches (these are not to be wrapped around branches) using specially designed expandable rubber band straps. 1 Christmas Tree to be decorated using 30 x 10m sets of warm white 24v SELV with 100 LED lights per set, a mix of colour, shape and sized metal stags, including matching baubles and metal plates for fencing. 36 x Column wraps using 2 x 10m sets 240v, 100 LED lights per set installed above regulation height of 2.5m. 70 x metal stag heads to be installed at a set height throughout the town to each lit column. Set pieces: 2 x set pieces to be 24v Selv fed from above regulation height of 2.5m by 230v supply (only SELV cable below 2.5m), these set pieces need to be anchor bolted to floor and to be tested yearly by a CFA registered company using specialist testing equipment. Contractor should be familiar with applying for Licenses with County Authorities and have all the necessary paperwork for Insurances, RAMS, etc. The contract will be for a 3-year term to commence on 1st August 2027. Evidence of suitable, secure storage of the Festive Lights required. Contractors to provide a 24 hour call out service. Attendance on the scene within 4 hours for any emergencies. Tender documentation should include a full breakdown of charges including emergency call out fees. A statement regarding the environmental sustainability commitments of your company in relation to this contract and evidence that the company is HERS and CFA registered. ALL engineers are skilled in their job roles and have the right equipment and tools to work safely. Other Information: References. Please supply contact details of at least one relevant authority where you have undertaken this work previously. Your tender document must be returned by midday, 4th September 2026 via email to: steve.catherall@hertford.gov.uk

Delivery location

UKC · UKD · UKE · UKF · UKG · UKH · UKI · UKJ · UKK

Categories

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting 31000000Installation services (except software) 51000000Repair and maintenance services 50000000

Lot details

Lot 1

3 year contract from August 1st 2027 - July 31st 2030 All tender requirements listed in description

Statusactive
Value£80,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Aug 2027 to 31 Jul 2030

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, Installation services (except software)Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 318036 median · 92.5 average (143 of 803 with a bid count)6.6 average (167 of 803 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC551 median · 14.5 average (6 of 55 with a bid count)1.6 average (8 of 55 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)733 median · 3 average (1 of 73 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 73 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriasuitability
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e4c9
Latest release ID077746-2026
Latest release timestampFri Aug 14 2026 13:51:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-04T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2026-09-04T15:00:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttp://www.hertford.gov.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£80,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 Aug 2026tender077746-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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