Official UK procurement notice
Installation, Maintenance and Dismantling of the Matlock Bath Illuminations' Lighting
Authority: Derbyshire Dales District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDerbyshire Dales District Council (the Council) is seeking a single Supplier to erect, maintain and dismantle the decorative lights for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 Matlock Bath Illuminations event.
Matlock Bath Illuminations is a family event which operates within Derwent Gardens, the Water Gardens and Lovers' Walks areas located on the south side of the village in Matlock Bath. The requirements include the utilisation of wiring, switchgear, flood lamps and fluorescent tubes to effectively and safely light the natural features of the area and provide electrical support on event nights.
The event takes place over 8 weekends during September and October and occasionally November. Each year will consist of 16 nights; the provisional 2027 event dates are:
Saturday 11, 18, 25, September & 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 October
Sunday 19, 26 September, 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 October
Friday 29 October
Confirmed event night dates will be notified in March each year.
The event sells approximately 50,000 tickets during the season (dependant on cancellation due to weather conditions).
The initial contract period is 27 months, to cover the 2027, 2028 and 2029 events. The contract is estimated to commence 16 August 2027 and expire 30 November 2029.
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There will be an option to extend the contract for two years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and business needs.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 23 Sept 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Commissioning of public lighting installations · Electrical wiring and fitting work · Installation of outdoor illumination equipment · Lighting equipment and electric lamps · Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£203,280
- Value
- £203,280 exc. VAT · £243,936 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Additional services may be needed to cover additional event nights and / or increased event capacity. Additional electrical lighting and equipment may be needed for additional lighting areas at the event and replacement of existing equipment · There will be an option to extend the contract for two years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and business needs
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)
- Price — The price assessment for this tender is based on the total tendered price submitted in accordance with the Pricing Schedule.
- Economic & financial standingConditions of participation have been set for this procurement in relation to Economic and Financial Standing, Insurance Cover and Legal Capacity. These are detailed in the tender documents. Bidders will need to demonstrate they meet the conditions of participation before any award can be made.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of participation have been set for this procurement in relation to: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Organisational Standards / Qualifications Quality Management Health and Safety Environmental Legislation Equality and Human Rights These are detailed in more…
the tender documents. Bidders will need to demonstrate they meet the conditions of participation before any award can be made.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Derbyshire Dales District Council buys Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) — and who usually turns up
Derbyshire Dales District Council’s own published record, next to the East Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Derbyshire Dales District Council
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4531 · 3 in division 45 · 13 in all categories (1 without competition · 3 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 10 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 6 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 10 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 4 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 20 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 notices.
East Midlands · Electrical installation work (CPV 4531)
contract notices delivered in East Midlands in 36 months: 129 in CPV 4531 (95 competed, 26 route not published) · 1,352 in division 45 (1,002 competed, 249 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 45 lots. 30 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6.5) and 15 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 45 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 32 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 30 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 39 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 67 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on 4 lots, so only the direction is shown, not a pound figure.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
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| HILLSIDE ELECTRICAL (SOUTHERN) LIMITED SME | 5 class wins | 1 months ago | no comparable pairs | 61% |
| W Doherty Construction SME | 4 class wins | 3 months ago | at estimate n=1 | 56% |
| J.W. BOWKETT (ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS) LIMITED SME | 5 class wins | 2 months ago | 14% below n=5 | 56% |
| CLEDDAU ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD SME | 6 class wins | 5 months ago | no comparable pairs | 54% |
| RB Grant Ltd SME | 8 class wins | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 52% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 4531 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 23 Sept 2030
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:20 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
DDPT083- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07766eFind a Tender
- Risks
Prospective tenderers should note that this contract may be affected by Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). In accordance with Schedule 8 of the Procurement Act 2023, this contract may be novated to a successor council or otherwise modified to reflect the requirements of any new council arrangements arising from more…
LGR. The exact nature of any modification or novation cannot be determined at this time, but such changes will be managed under both the Procurement Act 2023 and the contractual provisions
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published2 days ago21 Sept 2026, 13:20 BST
- Clarification questions byin 28 days21 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 44 days6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 72 days4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 326 days16 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 13:20 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications The procurement is being managed electronically, using the councils e-tendering system, please select the link which will transfer you to our e-tendering system where you can register your interest and access the documents. The council will only accept expressions of interest thr…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender