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title: "Festive Gardens 2026"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07816f"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Telford & Wrekin Council"
published: "2026-10-06"
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# Festive Gardens 2026

Buyer: Telford & Wrekin Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07816f

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## Summary

Telford & Wrekin Council is buying a complete festive lighting scheme for its Festive Gardens event: design, supply, installation, operation, maintenance and removal of the lighting and associated equipment. The scheme is intended to create an immersive Christmas light trail, with illuminated installations, interactive features, photo opportunities and focal points to shape the visitor journey. This is event lighting and outdoor illumination work, including Christmas lights and public-lighting installation and commissioning (CPV 31522000). Delivery is at the Gardens in Telford. The requirement covers the end-to-end delivery of the lighting experience, rather than equipment supply alone, and includes maintaining the features during the event before taking them down.

The council invited offers through an open competition under the below-threshold procedure. The process reached tender, with one lot. The deadline for questions was 9 October 2026 at 12:00, and the offer deadline was 13 October 2026 at 12:00. The contract period runs from 19 October 2026 to 8 January 2027. The published estimated value is recorded as £0 gross, so it does not indicate a usable contract budget. Offers are evaluated on quality (60%), price (30%) and environmental considerations (10%). Electronic submission is permitted through the council’s tender portal; no other submission method is accepted.

This requirement suits a specialist event-lighting or outdoor-illumination supplier able to deliver the full project lifecycle, from creative design and equipment supply through installation, operation, maintenance and removal. Relevant strengths include producing safe, reliable illuminated installations for public settings; planning an engaging visitor route with interactive features, photo opportunities and clear focal points; and coordinating equipment and on-site delivery for a seasonal event. Suppliers will need the operational capacity to install and maintain the scheme during the event period, then remove all lighting and associated equipment. The council describes the supplier as suitably qualified, but the published evaluation gives greater weight to quality than price and also allocates a separate environmental element, making design and delivery quality and environmental performance relevant to a bid. No particular accreditation is identified.

## Notice

Telford & Wrekin Council is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to design, supply, install, maintain and remove a high-quality festive lighting scheme for the Festive Gardens 2026 event. The requirement will create an immersive Christmas light trail experience within the Gardens, providing an attractive visitor journey featuring festive lighting, illuminated installations, interactive elements, photo opportunities and key focal points. The successful supplier will be responsible for the design, installation, operation, maintenance and subsequent removal of all lighting features and associated equipment required to deliver the event.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094145-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 19 Oct 2026 - 8 Jan 2027 |
| 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 | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Telford & Wrekin Council |
| Locality | TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE |
| Postcode area | Telford |
| Postcode | TF3 4JA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG21 Telford and Wrekin |
| Local authority | Telford and Wrekin |
| Electoral ward | Malinslee & Dawley Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Telford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 45 - Construction work
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 31522000 - Christmas tree lights
- 45316100 - Installation of outdoor illumination equipment
- 50232110 - Commissioning of public lighting installations

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 10:55 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094145-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094145-2026
  6th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/telford/aspx/Tenders/Current
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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