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Annual Festive Lights
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £757,827Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 15 Aug 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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This procurement is for Design & Provision of Manchester's Christmas Lighting Scheme.
The contract period will be for 5 years. It is intended for the contract to commence 07th November 2025.
The procurement encompasses the following lots:
Lot 1 - Core Lighting Scheme:
The Supplier will be required to install and maintain energy-efficient LED Lighting in existing tree locations as identified in Appendix I.
This lot also includes the provision of artistic high-quality motifs, fit with the city centre in existing column mounts, and the installation of artistic and dynamic displays in the existing fixing points on Deansgate and King Street as identified in Appendix I.
Suppliers will be asked to provide a scheme based on gold, silver and bronze options for each specific location
The Bronze level package for an area will be at standard level provision, with options to upgrade the content to silver and gold.
MCC and partners will select the appropriate scheme for each individual location - and seek private sector sponsorship to upgrade key areas in line with stakeholder ambitions.
Lot 2 - Ground Level Feature Installations:
The Supplier will be required to provide creative solutions to install up to 8 ground level feature installations within Manchester city centre.
Lot 3 - New large Scale Santa Feature:
The Supplier will be required to design, manufacture, install, derig, store and maintain a new iconic Santa feature for Manchester, each year across the term of the 5-year contract.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 31522000
- 79952000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 22 Apr 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 22 April 2025.
Deadline in this release: Mon 19 May 2025, 11:00 BST.
Release 016141-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 15 Aug 2025Notice
Notice published 15 August 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 049261-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Nov 2025Notice
Notice published 3 November 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 070386-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-050566
- Source
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- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Mon 6 Apr 2026, 20:56 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 12:34 BST
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