Official UK procurement notice
Streetlighting Maintenance contract · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Wem Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWem Town Council are currently in the process of awarding the contract for the maintenance of the streetlights in the parish for the next 3 years.
The Town Council has a lighting stock of 234 streetlights. Those that it was possible to convert (99%) were converted in 2018 to Holophane DMAX LED lights (dimmable and non dimmable) and some CLARA LED lights. More recently some TRT Aspect LED heads have been installed.
CPV: Street-lighting maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Council is inviting quotes for the following -
The Council is inviting quotes for the following -
- A 'report only' contract for repairs. Faults will be reported to the contractor by Wem Town Council and repaired within two weeks. If repairs cannot be completed within this period the Clerk is to be informed of the reasons and estimated repair timescales so that residents can be kept informed. Please fill in the attached sheet to outline repair costs.
- An annual condition survey of all the Town Council's streetlight columns, heads and brackets.
- An electrical inspection of all the Town Council's street lighting (to comply with the current I.E.E. Regulations). To be split over the 3 years of the contract.
- Updating of the council's streetlight inventory.
- Undertake the Town Council's concrete column replacement programme at a rate of approximately 15 per year (subject to budget). There are approximately 30 concrete columns remaining.
Following the structural inspections, a comprehensive report must be provided to the Town Council together with the electrical test certificates and a list of suggested refurbishment works (and costs).
It is anticipated that the contractor who is awarded this contract will be the Town Council's preferred contractor for any maintenance or replacement work identified as a result of these inspections however this is not guaranteed.
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).
- Suitability
- Staff employed on this contract must be formally accredited with G39 Category 1 qualifications.
- Staff to have received IPAF training for MEWP Highways working.
- Your company must be NICIEC accredited or equivalent (please provide evidence of such accreditation including levels of accreditation with your quote).
- All the works and requirements are to be carried out by the Contractor within the Codes of Practice of the Highway Electrical Association (HEA) observing all industry set training and safety standards, including full PPE and Traffic Management.
- The Contractor must ensure that risk assessments and method statements are adhered to and made available for inspection at every visit
- Economic & financial standing
All quotes received will be evaluated based on the following criteria
- Price 60% Value for money
- Local Context 10% Evidence of proximity to Wem
- Experience 20% Evidence of working on a similar contract for a local authority
Evidence of capability of key personnel
Capacity within the business to take on a new contract
- Climate Change 10%
Evidence of companies' approach to becoming more carbon efficient
Evidence of ways to minimise the carbon footprint of this contract
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Nov 2025, 15:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2025, 15:39 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Dec 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070541- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d92fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 5 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
3 Nov 2025 → 5 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published358 days ago3 Nov 2025, 15:39 GMT
- Submission deadline326 days ago5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened326 days ago5 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.