Tenders
Liskeard Christmas Lights
Liskeard Town Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced contractors to provide a Christmas Lighting Display in Liskeard Town Centre for three years (2026, 2027 & 2028). The scheme of work involves design, supply, installation, maintenance, removal and storage of leased Christmas lights and decorations annually. The Council is looking for new designs and ideas, possibly with a Cornish theme, and is interested in eco-friendly displays, e.g. energy efficient LEDs, solar options, etc.
The lights need to go up in the first half of November and be taken down in January.
The Council’s representative(s) is available to meet contractors for site visits at a mutually agreeable time by arrangement with the Deputy Town Clerk, Yvette Hayward office@liskeard.gov.uk or 01579 559 561
Please submit all the Tender documents by email by 09:00 on Thursday 30 April 2026 and send to office@liskeard.gov.uk with the following wording ONLY in the subject box “Liskeard Christmas Lights Tender – Strictly Confidential”
Supporting documents:
Invitation to tender – Christmas Lights
Christmas Lights Appendix A – Form of Quotation
Christmas Lights Appendix B – Town Streets
Christmas Lights Appendix C – Infrastructure & Power Supplies
Additional Information and responses to questions:
Christmas Tree (13/04/26)
We understand that not all contractors supply Christmas trees as well as lights, therefore we are prepared to consider a few options for this item:
- Christmas tree and decorations supplied as part of the contract
- Christmas tree supplied by a subcontractor, within the contract, and decorated by the main contractor
- Christmas tree to be sourced by the Town Council under a separate contract, and decorations provided and the tree dressed by the lighting contractor.
For each option, the elements should be individually itemised and priced within the tender, eg supply and installation of tree, supply of decorations, dressing of tree.
In previous years the tree has been approximately 25 foot, and we would aim for something similar
Small wall mounted Christmas trees (13/04/26)
In previous years, volunteers have supplied about 20 wall mounted Christmas trees to enhance the town. These have used a variety of brackets, which have not been tested, and may not be suitable for future use. Power supplies are also limited or not available to some of these. We are therefore seeking alternative forms of small decoration to enhance the town. This is not an essential part of the brief.