Newcastle Christmas Markets - Power and Lighting
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This sits in the upper-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.
Newcastle City Council's Engineering & Architecture cycle is past due — it ran about every 8 months across 5 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.
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Newcastle City Council seeks to identify a suitable partner to undertake the supply, installation and management of power distribution and lighting requirements for Newcastle's Christmas Market within the budget set of £56,000 maximum per annum.
The term of the contract covers 2 separate Christmas markets during Christmas period of 2026 and 2027 with an Option to Extend the contract for 3 months to facilitate the Christmas market of 2028.
The opportunity will be published via the OPEN e-tendering platform www.open-uk.org
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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- tender · Open
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- 080364-2026
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