ELLESMERE TOWN COUNCIL · Contracts Finder

Closed

Tender: Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Ellesmere Christmas Lights (Nov 2026–Jan 2029)

Released about 1 year ago

Closed05 Dec 2025Updated

Est. valueEstimate£15K to £130K

LocationEllesmere

AgencyELLESMERE TOWN COUNCIL

SourceContracts Finder

CategoryArts & Culture

Submissions closedClosed Fri, 5 Dec 2025

About

Ellesmere Town Council is seeking a supplier for the supply, installation, maintenance, anchor bolt testing, dismantling, storage and testing of the town’s annual Christmas lights display for the period November 2026 to January 2029. The council’s current display includes tree lights on the Promenade and seven festoons that hang over the streets on catenary wires attached to buildings with anchor bolts; the tender also covers the option to purchase a lighting display with annual storage and the same installation, testing and maintenance services. Interested parties are recommended to arrange a site visit by contacting Town Clerk Joanne Butterworth at 01691 622689 or [email protected]. Suppliers must hold and produce Public Liability insurance at activation of the agreement and provide Method Statements, Risk Assessments and full equipment information prior to installation.

Insight

This tender is suitable for suppliers experienced in public festive lighting who can provide multi-year supply, installation, anchor bolt testing and storage services. Key considerations include meeting the Public Liability insurance requirement and providing Method Statements, Risk Assessments and full equipment information before installation, plus carrying out anchor bolt testing for the catenary wires used in the town centre display.

Similar open tenders12

Decorative Lighting Installation, Maintenance and Dismantling for Matlock Bath Illuminations (2027–2029)Arts & Culture

06 Nov 2026

Electrical Maintenance and Installation Services for Tower Hamlets Council BuildingsConstruction

23 Nov 2026

Electrical Servicing and Maintenance for Milton Keynes City CouncilInfrastructure

04 Dec 2026

Supply, Installation and De-rig of LED Screens, Staging, PA and Lighting for Derby LIVE EventsArts & Culture

11 Nov 2026

Similar awarded contracts12

Typical £15K to £130K

Supply, Installation, and Maintenance of Christmas Lights for Marlow Town CentreMiscellaneousSparkx

£130,000

Installation, Maintenance, and Dismantling of Christmas Lights for Broseley Town Council 2025Arts & CultureKendalls Electrical Services (Telford) Ltd

£9,900

Storage, Installation, and Maintenance of Christmas Lights for Biddulph Town CouncilArts & CulturePROTECH ELECTRICAL LIMITED

£18,030

Hire, Installation, and Maintenance of Christmas Lights for Crowborough Town CouncilArts & CultureFESTIVE DECORATIONS LIMITED

£44,000

Agency spend history

ELLESMERE TOWN COUNCIL

What ELLESMERE TOWN COUNCIL has spent, year by year and by contract size, and who won the work.

Unlock the full platform.

7 days free, then £36/GBP per month. Cancel anytime.

What you get

Find

Find arts and culture tenders in one place.

This one came from Contracts Finder. We monitor central, devolved and local government portals in near real time and update the feed as tenders are published, so you check one place instead of many.

Search by keyword, or describe your workType a keyword, or switch to AI search and say what your business does.

Narrow it downFilter by category, region and area, or view open tenders on a map.

Alerts

More tenders like this one, sent to you.

Tell us what you are looking for and we email you when a matching tender is published.

Set it up your wayUse keywords, a description of your work, a location or a distance from a postcode. Up to 10 alerts.

Instant or dailyGet an email when a match is published, or one summary a day.

Assess

Size up this tender in minutes.

Before you open a single document, get the requirements, a likely value and who you would be up against.

Requirements from the documentsWho can bid, mandatory criteria, how it is scored, insurance and key dates, each with its source.

Value and competitionAn estimated value from similar awarded contracts, and the suppliers most likely to bid.

Market

Follow ELLESMERE TOWN COUNCIL and the suppliers it buys from.

Awarded contracts with the supplier and the value, so you can check prices, spot competitors and find work that is coming back to tender.

Supplier and buyer profilesWhat each one has won or awarded, who they work with, and how that is changing.

Contracts ending soonTerms that finish in the next 12 months, which often go back out to tender.

Pipeline

Track your bids from interested to won.

Save a tender in one click and move it through each stage as you work on it.

Work as a teamInvite colleagues so you work from the same list.

Take it with youExport tenders and matches to CSV.

GovBot

Ask a question in plain English.

Find tenders, look up a supplier, or check who won a contract. Just type what you need.

Get started

Get arts and culture tenders by email.

Find the tender, size it up and track the bid, in one place.

7 days free, then £36/GBP per month