Official UK procurement notice
Tender for Christmas Lights Decoration in Dundee City Centre
Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement process is for the contract for the festive decorations within the City Centre area for the Christmas Holiday period. The holiday period will be the 6 weeks running up to Christmas (dates would be confirmed each year by the project lead).
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- The Proposal for Lighting: 25%
- Contractor Resource, Resourcing of Requirements: 25%
- Delivery of Contract and Quality of Service: 25%
- Community Benefits, question 1: 2%
- Community Benefits question 2: 1%
- Fair Work First: 2%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (15)
- Compliance with Specification of Requirements: pass/fail
- Duty of Care, Health, and Safety & Risk Management: pass/fail
- Site Specific Risk Assessment and Method Statement: pass/fail
- CDM Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015: pass/fail
- Health and Safety: pass/fail
- Delivery Timescale: pass/fail
- Site Visit: pass/fail
- The Proposal for Lighting: 25
- Contractor Resource, Resourcing of Requirements: 25
- Delivery of Contract and Quality of Service: 25
- Community Benefits, question 1: 2
- Community Benefits question 2: 1
- Environment: pass/fail
- Fair Work First: 2
- Price: 20
- Suitability
NA
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will require to hold insurance levels which are listed within Appendix 5 - Conditions of Contract for the Provision of Services
Minimum: 4B.6 The Council will utilise Equifax Score check to assess the Economic and financial standing of organisations bidding for contracts. Tenderers (including all participants in a group) are required to have a Score check Score of 35 or above in order to demonstrate their financia… - Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria is stated within the procurement documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 May 2024, 09:06 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jan 2026, 12:54 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DCC/CD/322/23- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001452- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0469e4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contract performance conditions are listed within the tender documents.
Publisher note: Please complete and sign the documentation and upload via Public Contracts Scotland Electronic Postbox. A checklist is provided within the Invitation to Tender documentation which can be found in the Additional Documents Area of PCS. (Tender offer, pricing schedules, bill of quantities, bonafide tender, Declaration of Non-Involvement, SPD online (Single Procurement Document). (SC Ref:820053)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
24 Jun 2024 → 8 Jan 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline24 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published291 days ago8 Jan 2026, 12:54 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Jan 2026, 12:54 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field and Lawn LtdSME | £375,672 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001452-2026-DCC/CD/322/23-1 · Field and Lawn LtdSME
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2024
- Value
- £375,672
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sherriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
- Scottish Court ServiceReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Field and Lawn LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.