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Tender for Christmas Lights Decoration in Dundee City Centre

Dundee City Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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08 Jan 2026 at 12:54

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Tender

23 May 2024 at 09:06

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Summary of the contracting process

Dundee City Council has facilitated a procurement process for a contract focused on festive decorations in the Dundee City Centre for the Christmas period. The process, classified under the event services category, follows an open procurement method and aimed to establish a comprehensive lighting scheme to celebrate the festive season. The tender, identified by the title "Tender for Christmas Lights Decoration in Dundee City Centre", included designing, supplying, installing, and maintaining holiday lighting. It also covered the storage of these decorations for the remainder of the year. Originally published as an open procedure with a bid validity period of 90 days ending on 24th June 2024, it allowed electronic submissions through the Public Contracts Scotland Electronic Postbox. Despite the cancellation of the initial lot, the subsequent award of the contract found Dundee City Council selecting Field and Lawn Ltd as the supplier on 22nd August 2024.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in event services and Christmas decorations, particularly those adept at delivering large-scale design and installation projects. The project demands expertise in satisfying rigorous performance terms and specifications, thus providing potential business growth for competent contractors who can deliver creative and impactful lighting schemes. Companies with experience in similar high-visibility installations could leverage this opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities in a high-publicly-profile environment. Although large businesses that met the financial and technical selection criteria were preferred, the project also emphasised community benefits and environmental considerations, presenting opportunities to align business offerings with such broader societal goals.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Tender for Christmas Lights Decoration in Dundee City Centre

Notice Description

This 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).

Lot Information

Lot 1

This 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). Dundee City Council is seeking to appoint a competent contractor to design, supply, install, maintain the lighting provision over the period of the contract and the storage of the lighting over the remainder of the year. Dundee City Council is seeking a lighting and decoration scheme that is impactful and is a celebration of the festive season. The lighting scheme should include proposals to enhance the living Christmas tree at City Churches as a focal point. Dundee City Council is looking to appoint a contractor to design, supply, install and maintain a new festive lighting scheme for Dundee City Centre. The contractor will also be expected to remove and store the lighting.

Renewal: This contract has the option to extend for a further 1 year period.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0469e4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001452-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79952000 - Event services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£375,672 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Jan 20267 months ago
Submission Deadline
24 Jun 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Aug 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Dundee City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DUNDEE
Postcode
DD1 1NZ
Postcode Area
Dundee
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
Delivery Location
TLM71 Angus and Dundee City
Local Authority
Dundee City
Electoral Ward
Maryfield
Westminster Constituency
Dundee Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Field and Lawn Ltd

Further Information

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