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Published 30 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Street Lighting Improvements Programme

Official notice

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG37)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice

Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough "The Council" will be looking to appoint 2 approved Street Lighting contractors, via a Framework Agreement to deliver a range of Street Lighting Improvements schemes over the next four years.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

CPV: Street-lighting maintenance services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Framework period: 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 4 yrs

Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2029 (4 yrs)

Delivery: West Midlands

50232100 Street-lighting maintenance services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

What this means for your bid

“Street Lighting Improvements Programme” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Last source update: 30 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Authority reference: SMBC 25057
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-044150
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Street-lighting maintenance services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG37)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0568c1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Appointment period ends: —

Timeline

30 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
30 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Tender notice expected391 days ago
1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts331 days ago
1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
30 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJHD-8764-YRJJ Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender30 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST