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WELLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL

Hire of Christmas / Festive Lighting Scheme

Electrical EquipmentCPV 31000000 98000000
Value£30k
Awarded28 Apr 2023
Published29 Jun 2023
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

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£30ktotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

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The brief

Wellington is a town in Somerset with a population of around 16,500.

The town is the host of a large and varied selection of independent traders and stores.

The Town Council provide a scheme of festive lighting each year within the town centre (High Street, South Street, Fore Street & North Street) as well as Rockwell Green and a tree at Tonedale.

The Council's Town Centre Committee oversees the festive lighting.

The Council is seeking tenders for the rental of a range of motifs, light strings, and icicle lights.

The contract length will be 3 years commencing in 2023.

The objective of the contract will be to produce an innovative and energy efficient illuminated display/decorations package, using the established infrastructure.

The contract will include the design, supply, delivery, and storage of the entire scheme.

The contract for installation will be tendered for separately.

If the tenderer would like to make a submission for installation the appropriate notice is available to view on the Contracts Finder website.

The colouring for the scheme should be white and gold except the lights in Rockwell Green which should be multi coloured.

Tenderers may submit more than one scheme if they so wish but these should be in separate envelopes according to the instructions laid out in the tender document.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Town Council provide a scheme

The Town Council provide a scheme of festive lighting each year within the town centre (High Street, South Street, Fore Street & North Street) as well as Rockwell Green and a tree at Tonedale.

02

The contract will include the design, supply

The contract will include the design, supply, delivery, and storage of the entire scheme.

03

The colouring for the scheme should

The colouring for the scheme should be white and gold except the lights in Rockwell Green which should be multi coloured.

04

Tenderers may submit more than one scheme

Tenderers may submit more than one scheme if they so wish but these should be in separate envelopes according to the instructions laid out in the tender document.

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Source & provenance
OCID
2229a900-0b59-4198-ad20-4cec5cddcc97
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
WTC_LIGHTS_HIRE
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