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Installation and Maintenance of Christmas Lights in Barnsley Town Centre locations

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£360,000
Submission deadline 30 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Installation and Maintenance of Christmas Lights in Barnsley Town Centre locations". Published status: complete. Published value: £360,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBarnsley Metropolitan Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
30 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£360,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
9.8Bids / Report
16.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Colas LtdTop vendor: 35.3% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 127 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Colas Ltd1 win£202,396
Vital Facilities Solutions1 win£120,000
VL TEST SYSTEMS LIMITED1 win£103,648
A1 ACCESS LIFTS LTD1 win£80,593
Tile Hill Interim and Executive1 win£66,906
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 Jul 2026, 10:59 BST
Last source update16 Jul 2026, 10:59 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067bf5
What is being bought
The Council is looking to establish a contract with a Provider for the install and storage of Christmas lights owned by Barnsley Council for the Town Centre. The contract is also to provide commercial grade outdoor/indoor festive illuminations, including the installation, maintenance, dismantle, storage, delivery, collection and PAT certification, along with call out repairs during the time that they are up, and attending official switch on event to manage and support successful illumination of The Glass Works, Alhambra Shopping Centre and Barnsley Market.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    16 Jul 2026, 10:59 BST
  2. tender value changed
    2 Jun 2026, 09:53 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    2 Jun 2026, 09:53 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    2 Jun 2026, 09:53 BST
  5. Submission deadline changed to published date
    2 Jun 2026, 09:53 BST
  6. Published value updated to £360,000
    2 Apr 2026, 14:30 BST
  7. Status changed to active
    2 Apr 2026, 14:30 BST
  8. Official notice release published
    2 Apr 2026, 14:30 BST
  9. Submission deadline changed to 30 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    2 Apr 2026, 14:30 BST
  10. Buyer information updated
    2 Apr 2026, 14:30 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #LOT-0000
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 Jul 2026, 10:59 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    30 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 8 Jul 2026, 01:00 BST · £356,100
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
City of Bradford MDC Festival Lights Department
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Provision of Installation and Maintenance of Christmas Lights in Barnsley Town Centre locations
£356,100 · signed 8 Jul 2026, 01:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Aug 2026, 01:00 BST — 31 Jul 2029, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYHH-2597-YVZG
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  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PYHH-2597-YVZG
    Town Hall, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UKE31, S70 2TA, GB
    BethTaylor@barnsley.gov.uk
    +44 12260000

  • City of Bradford MDC Festival Lights Department
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PBWW-4714-TBHN
    Block 3, Shearbridge Depot, Shearbridge Road, Bradford, UKE41, BD7 1PU, GB
    terry.jowett@bradford.gov.uk
    +44 1274432387
Documents (1)
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  • Not published

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