Official UK procurement notice
Street Lighting Central Management System support and maintenance
Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTelensa is the single supplier/provider of smart street lighting control systems used by the authority to manage streetlights more efficiently.
Telensa provides wireless lighting controllers that connect streetlights to a central management system. This allows Warwickshire County Council Street Lightings to:
- Remotely monitor each streetlight in real time
- Dim or brighten lights based on schedules or
conditions, allowing energy savings
- Controls WCC part-night lighting, allowing energy
savings
- Detect faults automatically, reducing maintenance
costs
- Reduce energy usage and carbon emissions
through optimized lighting
The Telensa system requires ongoing support and maintenance for its software, communications links, and equipment. The maintenance and support can only be carried out by Telensa and therefore this contract for support and maintenance of the
Telensa system has been made via a direct award on the grounds of a single supplier for technical reasons.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 12:46 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 11:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071156- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06978aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Telensa is the single supplier/provider of smart street lighting control systems used by the authority to manage streetlights more efficiently.
The Telensa system requires ongoing support and maintenance for its software, communications links, and equipment. The maintenance and support can only be carried out by Telensa and therefore this contract for support and maintenance of the
Telensa system has been made via a direct award on the grounds of a single supplier for technical reasons.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2026- Transparency notice published13 May 2026, 12:46 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 May 2026, 13:03 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected26 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Jul 2026, 11:57 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELENSA LTD1 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 | £452,400 inc. VAT | 1 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · TELENSA LTD
- Signed
- 16 Jul 2026
- Value
- £452,400 inc. VAT
- Period
- 16 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2031
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Not applicable for this contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TELENSA LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender