--- title: "Christmas Lights 2025-2027" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "LEICESTER FOREST EAST PARISH COUNCIL" published: "2025-04-07" --- # Christmas Lights 2025-2027 Buyer: LEICESTER FOREST EAST PARISH COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64efb56d-12d0-4563-870c-37253ee9f7b5.json) ## Summary Leicester Forest East Parish Council is seeking tenders for a three-year contract, titled "Christmas Lights 2025-2027," within the Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting industry category. The project is located primarily along the A47 in Leicester Forest East, with additional lights at the parish hall car park and Stafford Leys Road. The procurement stage is currently in the Tender phase, and all tenders must be submitted electronically by 12 noon on Friday, 9 May 2025. The contract, starting on 1 December 2025 and ending on 31 January 2028, includes the provision, installation, and storage of 37 Christmas lights, with some existing infrastructure needing additional fittings. It is an open procedure above the threshold value. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in electrical equipment and lighting solutions, particularly those specialising in festive decorations. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to apply. The contract covers a comprehensive range of services, including delivery, installation, operation, and dismantling of Christmas lights, along with their storage between seasons. Companies with experience in seasonal lighting installations and infrastructure upgrades will find this tender particularly relevant for business growth, given the sustained three-year engagement and the possibility of showcasing their expertise in high-visibility public projects. ## Notice Please send all tenders to clerk@leicesterforesteast-pc.gov.uk by 12 noon on Friday 9th May 2025. Paper tenders will not be accepted. Leicester Forest East parish council wish to enter a three-year contract for 37 Christmas lights on lighting columns in Leicester Forest East (to be rented, installed, taken down and stored). Twenty lighting columns are already in use and have the requisite sockets and timers fitted to the lighting columns. However, an additional 17 lights are desired for the 2025-20257 contract and these lighting columns will need sockets and timers fitted. The lighting columns are mainly on the A47, with two in the parish hall car park and two on Stafford Leys Road. Three-year contract for 2025, 2026 and 2027: * 20 lights (on lighting columns with existing sockets and timers) * Plus 17 additional lights (so 37 lights in total) * Plus 17 additional sockets * Plus 17 additional timers * Delivery and installation * Storage of lights between Christmases * Will be mainly on the A47 (Hinckley Road), Leicester Forest East but also Stafford Leys and two at the parish hall car park. * Coloured lights * Lights to be on 24/7 * From before the last Thursday of November until 12th night * 2 metre high lights, at least ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/21d42fcc-57f3-48cd-839b-c6866a4878ed | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Apr 2025 | | Submission deadline | 9 May 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Dec 2025 - 31 Jan 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEICESTER FOREST EAST PARISH COUNCIL | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE3 3JE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland | | Local authority | Blaby | | Electoral ward | Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe | | Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting ### Codes - 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting ## Release History - 7 Apr 2025 at 09:58 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/21d42fcc-57f3-48cd-839b-c6866a4878ed ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/21d42fcc-57f3-48cd-839b-c6866a4878ed 7th April 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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