Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice

Published 12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Street Lighting and Signing Works Framework

Official notice

Competition analysis

Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE44)

Planned pipeline value£11,760,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 25 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice

Framework period 2 yrsends 7 Mar 2029 · up to 7 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 8 Mar 2027

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Kirklees Council intend to establish a new framework Street Lighting and Signing Maintenance to support the delivery of the statutory service. The current framework requires a replacement to ensure continuity and compliance. The Framework is estimated to be live from March 2027 and will run for 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Scope of Services:

The Framework is estimated to be live from March 2027 and will run for 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. The council propose to split the framework into three lots:

Lot 1 – Design

Lot 2 – Independent Connection Provider

Lot 3 – Ad Hoc works

CPV: Street-lighting columns · Street-lighting equipment · Street-lighting maintenance services

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How this framework works

From the published notice

Framework period: 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 8 Mar 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME

Contract period: 8 Mar 2027 – 7 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 7 Mar 2031 with extensions

Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligible

Extensions: Extension options published

34928500 Street-lighting equipment 34928510 Street-lighting columns 50232100 Street-lighting maintenance services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

What this means for your bid

“Street Lighting and Signing Works Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Kirklees Council buys Road equipment (CPV 3492), and who usually turns up

Kirklees Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Road equipment (CPV 3492) →

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid

This buyerKirklees Council · all categories

The marketRoad equipment (CPV 3492) · Yorkshire and the Humber

What to do with it

How often do SMEs win?

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 895 of 944 known-size awards · market: CPV 3492 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=5

95%100%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Buyer: 417 of 457 known-location awards · market: CPV 3492 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=6

91%50%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: CPV 3492 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=5

47 days54 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 47 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 0 of 19 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3492 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=5

0%40%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

This buyer47 lots with bid counts · all categories

0% had one bid

The market23 lots with bid counts · CPV 3492 · Yorkshire and the Humber

9% had one bid

% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (47) / the market (23) · select a colour for counts

1 bid0% / 9%

Buyer: 0 of 47 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 23 lots with published bid counts.

2–36% / 17%

Buyer: 3 of 47 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 23 lots with published bid counts.

4–611% / 4%

Buyer: 5 of 47 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 23 lots with published bid counts.

7+83% / 70%

Buyer: 39 of 47 lots with published bid counts. Market: 16 of 23 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 349224 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£12m

Expected competition

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 23 past lots.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid

Past bids on 23 similar lots

1 bid9%

2 of 23 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).

2–317%

4 of 23 similar past lots received 2–3 (17%).

4–64%

1 of 23 similar past lots received 4–6 (4%).

7+70%

16 of 23 similar past lots received 7+ (70%).

Comparable past lots usually drew 20 bids.

Commercial price forecast

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off

On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data

Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Planned procurement
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Last source update: 12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Authority reference: KMCHS-459
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-107703
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Street-lighting columnsStreet-lighting equipmentStreet-lighting maintenance services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE44)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07baea Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Appointment period ends: —

Timeline

12 Nov 2026 → 8 Mar 2027 · 4 dates

Planning notice published26h ago
12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Today
13 Nov 2026
Market engagementin 18 days
1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
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Tender notice expectedin 73 days
25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Contract startsin 114 days
8 Mar 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXHZ-9111-QHMJ Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 2TAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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