Official UK procurement notice
Street Lighting Improvements Programme 2026 - 2030
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Highway Authority has a legal duty to maintain the highway network within the borough, including street lighting and illuminated signage. Sandwell MBC provides and maintains 30,985 streetlights and approximately 5,000 other types of illuminated street furniture. Of these, 30,139 lighting units have already been upgraded through a previous lantern replacement programme. This delivered significant energy efficiencies, carbon reductions and introduced LED lighting technology controlled via a Central Management System (CMS), a platform that enables remote monitoring and adjustment of street lighting assets for optimal performance and fault detection. The proposed Street Lighting Improvement Programme Contract, will focus on upgrading the small number of remaining non-LED lighting units and converting approximately 9,000 existing LED lanterns onto a single, integrated CMS. Additionally, the contract will enable the replacement of lighting columns and other illuminated street furniture that have reached the end of their design life, ensuring that the infrastructure remains safe and fit for purpose.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Installation of road lighting equipment · Installation of street furniture · Installation work of illumination and signalling systems · Street-lighting maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 2 bids received (1.0 per place) · 2 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 1 Apr 2030
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- Not applicable
Published description of the framework
The two (2) Tenderers achieving the highest total scores will be appointed to the contract. The contract will be awarded to the highest-scoring bidder, who will be designated as the Primary Contractor. The Primary Contractor will be offered all work opportunities in the first instance. A Secondary Contractor will also be appointed to provide back up support in circumstances where the Primary Contractor is either unable to deliver the required services at any particular time or is lacking the capacity to undertake the work to meet any particular delivery timeframes
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
- Simple description: Please refer to criteria in ITT documents
- “Street Lighting Improvements Programme 2026 - 2030” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- 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
- Yes · next expected 2 Mar 2026
- First published
- 5 Jan 2026, 11:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2026, 10:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
SMBC 25057- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000245- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ff31Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · Not applicable
Timeline
5 Jan 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published295 days ago5 Jan 2026, 11:58 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends265 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown4 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent232 days ago9 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by224 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends221 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 10:45 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jan 2026- Tender notice published5 Jan 2026, 11:58 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Mar 2026, 15:52 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Mar 2026, 15:52 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published1 Apr 2026, 10:45 BSTUK12
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude Services LimitedSME, J McCann and Co Ltd (a11)1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 | £4,500,000 | 9 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Altitude Services LimitedSME, J McCann and Co Ltd (a11)
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- cancelled (1 Apr 2026), Incorrect Information regarding framework type
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonJ McCann & Co Limited · East Midlands
- wonAltitude Services LimitedSME · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Altitude Services LimitedFramework contractor
- J McCann & Co LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender