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RFI_2992 | CRML0025 Lincolnshire - Street Lighting Expression of Interest

BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED

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06 Oct 2026 at 10:37

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Balfour Beatty Living Places, working on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council, is conducting market engagement for highway electrical works across the Lincolnshire Highways contract. The scope covers street-lighting installations, highway electrical infrastructure and utility connections, including work within Northern Powergrid and National Grid Electricity Distribution areas. The procurement category is street-lighting and public-lighting installation services. The stated delivery location is in Lincolnshire, with the engagement seeking suppliers whose geographical coverage can support the work. The exercise is intended to understand supplier capability and experience and help shape a shortlist for a possible future procurement. It is an expression-of-interest exercise, not a tender, and suppliers are not being asked to submit commercial prices at this stage.

The process is at the planning and market-engagement stage: the buyer is gathering information before deciding how to proceed with a future procurement. The engagement is expected to end on 16 October 2026; this is the buyer’s stated engagement timetable, not a tender submission deadline. No procurement procedure, contract value, budget, contract duration or evaluation model is set out for the future work. The information gathered is intended to assess market capability and develop a shortlist of suppliers who may be invited to a later procurement process. There are no lots described. Businesses should treat this as an opportunity to inform the buyer’s understanding of the market, rather than as an invitation to bid or an award process.

This engagement is most relevant to suppliers able to deliver highway electrical infrastructure, street-lighting installation and utility connection work, with experience across the relevant electricity distribution areas in Lincolnshire. The buyer is seeking evidence of relevant experience, technical capability and geographic coverage, and intends to use market responses to identify potential suppliers for a future shortlist. Small and medium-sized enterprises are identified as suitable participants, so specialist firms as well as larger contractors may find it relevant if they can demonstrate the required delivery reach and experience. Suppliers can use the engagement to make their capabilities known and help inform the shape of a later competition. It is not a route to submit prices or secure work at this stage; commercial competition may follow through a separate procurement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

RFI_2992 | CRML0025 Lincolnshire - Street Lighting Expression of Interest

Notice Description

Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) working on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council is undertaking an Expression of Interest (EOI) exercise to better understand the market for highway electrical, street lighting installations and utility connection services across the Lincolnshire Highways contract. The purpose of this exercise is to identify suppliers with relevant experience, capability and geographical coverage who may be interested in supporting future works. This is not a tender and no commercial pricing is required at this stage. The information gathered will be used to assess market capability and develop a shortlist of suppliers that may be invited to participate in a future procurement process. The focus is on suppliers with experience in highway electrical infrastructure, street lighting installations, utility connections and works within Northern PowerGrid and National Grid Electrical Distribution areas

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7d078a2a-6552-4c75-87ab-1a4bcc0a37aa
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

50 - Repair and maintenance services

CPV Codes

50232100 - Street-lighting maintenance services

50232110 - Commissioning of public lighting installations

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Oct 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
RG23 8BG
Postcode Area
Reading
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ37 North Hampshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Electoral Ward
Winklebury & Manydown
Westminster Constituency
Basingstoke

Further Information

Notice Documents

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