Official UK procurement notice
Framework for Structural Inspection and Testing of Street Lighting Columns
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStructural Inspection and Testing of Street Lighting Columns which will be used by the Street Lighting and Highways Team
CPV: Street-lighting columns · Technical inspection and testing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2025
- Buyer regions
- UKC
Who may buy through it
This Framework/ Contract will be available for use by Durham County Council and the following additional Contracting Authorities, where they have entered into a Procurement Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Durham County Council:
- Academy Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts in the North East
- Maintained Schools in County Durham
- County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service,
- Believe Housing
- Parish Councils and Town Councils in County Durham.
The above list is not exhaustive, however, and in addition to the above the Framework/Contract may also be made available to other Organisations and Local Authorities where agreed with Durham County Council.
In the event that any one of the partners wishes to use the opportunity they will required to enter into an access agreement, which will regulated their use of the framework agreement.
For information regarding SLAs and Access Agreements please contact: [email protected]
Published description of the framework
Prices submitted in the tender process to be used and award to one only supplier
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£160,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Evaluation of Technical Questions 30% Price evaluation 70%
- “Framework for Structural Inspection and Testing of Street Lighting…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- This Framework/ Contract will be available for use by Durham County Council and the following additional Contracting Authorities, where they have entered into a Procurement Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Durham County Council: - Academy Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts in the North East - Maintained Schools in County Durham - County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, - Believe Housing - Parish Councils and Town Councils in County Durham. The above list is not exhaustive, however, and in addition to the above the Framework/Contract may also be made available to other Organisations and Local Authorities where agreed with Durham County Council. In the event that any one of the partners wishes to use the opportunity they will required to enter into an access agreement, which will regulated their use of the framework agreement. For information regarding SLAs and Access Agreements please contact: [email protected]
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMT
- Authority reference
001749- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068879- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d509Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 18 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
28 Oct 2025 → 18 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published359 days ago28 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMT
- Clarification questions by339 days ago17 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends338 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown18 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts326 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published308 days ago18 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2025- Tender notice published28 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published18 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete18 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Framework for Structural Inspection and Testing of Street Lighting Columns
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2025
- Value
- £160,000
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 24 mths
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Southern Asset Management LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender