Blaby Parish Council Festive lighting 2025 - 2027

Description

Festive Lighting Tender Opportunity for a three-year contract for the provision installation/ dismantle / storage Christmas lights hire contact.

Blaby Parish Council provides an annual programme of Christmas illuminations in Blaby Village. The focus of the illuminations is the annual 'Switch on Event' which takes place on the last Friday in November.

Our current contract has just ended, and we are seeking professional companies to tender for a three-year contract for the supply, delivery installation and storage of the light scheme in its entirety. Testing, installation, support, and design of the Christmas Lights display should all be included along with delivery, build, dismantle time and transport costs and to include call out fees for faults / maintenance issues.

The lights are to be installed and tested in mid-November ready for the Christmas Lights Switch On event. Testing must be completed before the switch on event. At the event support will be required to ensure the lights are switched on at the countdown simultaneously and the timers reset the following day. The lights are to be turned off after the 12th night in January and be taken down before 31st January.

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The quotation should include the following,

1. The supply, install 100 LED'S to 55 Council owned artificial trees
2. Anchor test 55 wall brackets and 4 anchors for Catenary wire
3. Install 55 tress into holders and connect
4. Supply and install 14 x lamp column festive decals
5. Supply and install S/D Ice white lights along shop frontages
6. Supply and install 2 x festive displays currently reindeer and sledge
7. Supply and install festive display currently 2 x 3D stars and 6 x wall snowflakes

8. Supply & install display to external wall - currently 6 x snowflakes
9. Supply & install 2 x display wall mounted displays - currently large snowflakes
10. Supply, install large feature in town centre - currently 20ft cone tree
11. Supply ice white lights to 2 x static tree
12. Install lights and decorations to 20ft real tree
13. Store all products when not in use in a dry, secure, safe environment where they will come to no damage.
14. Annual PAT Testing: Conduct annual PAT testing of all equipment and supply relevant certification.
15. Electrician for light up on the night and to reprogram timers.
16. Maintenance and repairs during illumination period
16. Hire of Cherry Picker for installation and de-rig. Traffic management - as required installation de-rig

Notes:
Permanent sockets for the Christmas trees are already in situ.
There is good access for HIAB Lorry if required.
The council supplies its own 4ft artificial Christmas trees.
The lamp columns all have existing electrical infrastructure fitted (festive switch and timer).

All lights to be ice white with a colour scheme to be decided.

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