Notice Information
Notice Title
DBC (SF) Dacorum Festive Lighting Scheme
Notice Description
The Council is inviting bidders to tender for Hemel Hempstead Festive lighting Town Centres plus eight neighbourhood shopping centres, the appointed supplier will be responsible for the following: * Design, supply (on a hire basis), installation, maintenance, and removal of festive lighting across all specified locations. * Management of all electrical connections, installation of RCBO protection, and provision of certification in line with Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) standards. * Booking of road space with HCC Network Management Download the tender documents for full specification details. Minimum requirements for this tender Tenderers and their sub-contractors (if any) must provide evidence of valid HERS accreditation for all highways electrical work, at the time of tendering. Suppliers can download documents from the Supply Hertfordshire e-tendering portal. New suppliers will need to register on the portal. All Tender Documents and correspondence must be submitted via the Councils e-tendering portal.at http://www.supplyhertfordshire.uk Please submit your completed tender document via the Council's e-tendering portal no later than 12 noon 18 May 2026. Any tender submitted either manually or by email will not be accepted.
Planning Information
This is a Preliminary Market engagement via questionnaire. Interested companies can download the questionnaire from the Supply Hertfordshire portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home and must be registered on the portal.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066142
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067883-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
-
- CPV Codes
31522000 - Christmas tree lights
50232110 - Commissioning of public lighting installations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £210,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £210,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £190,800 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Jul 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 18 May 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 16 Jul 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 2 Aug 2026 - 30 Jul 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
- Postcode
- HP1 1DN
- Post Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH27 South West Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Dacorum
- Electoral Ward
- Hemel Hempstead Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067883-2026
17th July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032583-2026
9th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019089-2026
3rd March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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