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# Southampton Christmas Lights Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southampton-christmas-lights-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-0358c5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southampton City Council: "Southampton Christmas Lights Scheme". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Southampton City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southampton-city-council-ons-e06000045)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 August 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Commissioning of public lighting installations, Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0358c5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southampton-christmas-lights-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-0358c5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southampton-christmas-lights-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-0358c5#participate

## Description
To appoint a suitably qualified company to design, provide and maintain the Christmas Lights Scheme in Southampton for the years 2022 – 2024 inclusive with the option to extend for a further 1 year.
Southampton City Council (‘SCC’) is seeking proposals from suitably qualified companies to provide the full design, installation, maintenance, testing of electrical infrastructure, removal and storage of Christmas lights and festive decorations in several locations within the city.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** To appoint a suitably qualified company to design, provide and maintain the Christmas Lights Scheme in Southampton for the years 2022 – 2024 inclusive with the option to extend for a further 1 year.
Southampton City Council (‘SCC’) is seeking proposa...
- **Contract Period:** 13/09/2022 to 31/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021354-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-04T08:03:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:01:14.079Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0358c5