--- title: "RFI_2992 | CRML0025 Lincolnshire - Street Lighting Expression of Interest" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED" published: "2026-10-06" --- # RFI_2992 | CRML0025 Lincolnshire - Street Lighting Expression of Interest Buyer: BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ab3eefc0-6e28-4550-af0c-92d62fad5c5b.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7d078a2a-6552-4c75-87ab-1a4bcc0a37aa | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | Reading | | Postcode | RG23 8BG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight | | ITL 3 | TLJ37 North Hampshire | | Local authority | Basingstoke and Deane | | Electoral ward | Winklebury & Manydown | | Westminster constituency | Basingstoke | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 50 - Repair and maintenance services ### Codes - 50232100 - Street-lighting maintenance services - 50232110 - Commissioning of public lighting installations ## Release History - 6 Oct 2026 at 10:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7d078a2a-6552-4c75-87ab-1a4bcc0a37aa ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7d078a2a-6552-4c75-87ab-1a4bcc0a37aa 6th October 2026 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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