--- title: "Design, Hire and Installation of Lighting and Associated Features for the Poole Christmas Maritime Lighting Festival" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "BOURNEMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLE COUNCIL" published: "2022-08-12" --- # Design, Hire and Installation of Lighting and Associated Features for the Poole Christmas Maritime Lighting Festival Buyer: BOURNEMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLE COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50fd015f-5f56-4cd9-b177-c45765ea2d7d.json) ## Summary The Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council has awarded a contract for the Design, Hire, and Installation of Lighting and Associated Features for the Poole Christmas Maritime Lighting Festival. The contract, with a value of £1.3 million, was awarded to Blachere Illumination UK Ltd. The contract period is from 3rd August 2022 to 31st July 2023. The event is scheduled to take place from 19th November 2022 to 2nd January 2023, with installation starting from 7th November 2022. This opportunity provides businesses in the electrical machinery and lighting sector a chance to bid for designing and installing unique Christmas lighting features for the festival. Small and medium-sized enterprises are suited for this tender. The event aims to boost businesses in Poole during Christmas, requiring a visually appealing design with a strong maritime link. Interested suppliers should align their bids with the Council's £225,000 budget for the project. ## Notice 2022 will see the launch of Poole's Christmas Maritime Lighting Festival which will bring an attractor event to Poole over a 6-week Christmas period. The free to attend event will run through the centre of Poole bringing a Maritime Christmas feel, to support the businesses across this period whilst raising the profile of the destination. BCP Council requires a Supplier to design, build and install unique Christmas lighting features. This is to include all associated build and design, hire, storage, installation, derig and maintenance of Christmas lighting features. The dates for Christmas 2022 for the event are provisionally between Saturday 19 November 2022 and Monday 2 January 2023. It is expected that for Christmas 2022 that installation will commence from 7 November 2022. The Supplier will be required to have removed the installation by Sunday 15 January 2023. For the first year (Christmas 2022), the Council has a budget of PS225,000.00 (exclusive of VAT) for the delivery of the Design, Hire and Installation of Lighting and Associated Features for the Poole Christmas Maritime Lighting Festival. This is to include all costs associated with the build and design, hire, storage, installation, derig and maintenance of Christmas lighting features. Bids received will need to be within the budget or will be rejected. The quality of the visual experience of the theme bringing in light and tradition is paramount in this event in order to provide Poole with the right distinctive and memorable Christmas attraction. The individuality of the content will cement the nature of the event alongside the visual appeal. The design should be unique and preferably bespoke in its creation developing into a sophisticated event with a strong maritime link appealing to a full mix of the public from children to adults. The initial concepts for the design can be found within the procurement documentation. All features will be on a hire basis to the Council with the Supplier ensuring they are effectively stored and maintained to remain in good working condition throughout the life of the contract as the cost to the Supplier. The Supplier will be responsible for providing, at their cost, all the necessary professionals for the installation in terms of qualified electricians, forklift drivers and onsite grounds-person including a project manager to be onsite at all times for the build and derig. There will be a requirement as part of the contract for call outs for the duration of the event each year. All callouts should be included in the costs supplied and be within 2-hour response time. The contract will be for an initial 1-year period to deliver for Christmas 2022 with the option to extend annually for a further 4 years should funding be extended and all parties are happy to continue. The anticipated start date of the contract is 1 August 2022. Additional information: Suppliers interested in this contract opportunity can access the full procurement documentation by visiting BCP Council's electronic Tendering system www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk Suppliers should search for the contract opportunity through Supplying the South West. There are further details of the contract opportunity on the advert published on www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and instructions on how suppliers can access the procurement documentation for completion. Responses to the contract opportunity must be submitted electronically through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk before the deadline shown on the system. If you are unable to access the advert for the opportunity through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk please contact the Council using the contact details provided. A notice was sent to the Find a Tender Service (FTS) regarding this opportunity on 8 May 2022. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/109546bf-d35e-4050-96e3-e325755ed269 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Aug 2022 | | Submission deadline | 9 Jun 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 1 Aug 2022 | | Contract period | 2 Aug 2022 - 31 Jul 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,300,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £1,300,000 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BOURNEMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLE COUNCIL | | Locality | BOURNEMOUTH | | Post town | Bournemouth | | Postcode | BH2 6DY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK63 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | | Local authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | | Electoral ward | Bournemouth Central | | Westminster constituency | Bournemouth West | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | BLACHERE ILLUMINATION | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products - 45 - Construction work - 50 - Repair and maintenance services ### Codes - 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps - 31522000 - Christmas tree lights - 39298910 - Christmas tree - 45300000 - Building installation work - 45310000 - Electrical installation work - 50232000 - Maintenance services of public-lighting installations and traffic lights ## Release History - 12 Aug 2022 at 10:59 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/109546bf-d35e-4050-96e3-e325755ed269 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/109546bf-d35e-4050-96e3-e325755ed269 12th August 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=ca4ba9c6-dece-ec11-8114-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21 Link to Advert for Suppliers to Access Tender Documents ## Notice URLs - https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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