Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-03
Buyer: Derry City & Strabane District Council
Country: UK
Region: West and South of Northern Ireland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45310000 | 45311000 | 45311200 | 45317000 | 50711000
Submission deadline: 2016-09-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Derry City and Strabane District Council wishes to appoint suitably qualified and experienced NICEIC registered Electrical Contractor(s) to:
2. Provide ongoing preventative and remedial maintenance on illuminations, for the period of installation to switch-off, to include mandatory daily recorded defect inspections and daily repairs, when required;
1. The locations for Festive Lighting are Strabane, Derry City and County Derry Villages to include: Eglinton, Drumahoe, Maydown, Claudy, Park and Newbuildings. Strabane District villages to include Artigarvan, Donemena, Maghermason, Bready, Ballymagorry, Clady, Cranagh, Douglas Bridge, Glebe, Glengorman, Killen, Killeter, Ardstraw, Aughabrack, Castlederg, Newtownstewart, Sion Mills, Plumbridge and Victoria Bridge.
2. The completed scheme shall be subject to re-measurement based on the unit rate for each category of Festive Lighting. Note Council Officer's will carry out unannounced inspections whilst work is in progress.
3. Inspection and repairs to the Festive Lighting Scheme, from the date of completion of the installation stage to the date of the commencement of the removal stage shall be the responsibility of the successful Firm(s) in each Tender package.
a) Sky Nets comprise of individual strings of LED pea lights suspended above carriageways, between road kerb lines, at a height of 7 m. The strings are supported by catenary wires at 5 m centres. Information on the number and size of nets required along the length and breadth of each street is provided in Appendix 1,0.
b) Power is provided by wall mounted sockets on walls within the subject streets and distributed by via membranes, attached to catenary wires, at 30 m centres, with an individual socket for each pea light string. Cables ties shall be fitted at the junction of each catenary wire and pea light string without contact with the LED lights.
c) Attention shall be applied to the sag, between catenary wires, which shall measure no less than 5,8 m above carriageways, to ensure uniformity along the length and breadth of each street.
4. Firms are required to take steps in advance to prepare the LED strings in a manner that simplifies the installation process and to carefully wrap and store each net at the time of the removal process;
a) The wall mounted motifs are exclusively non-neon and rope light and at heights of 3,5 m clear above footpaths;
b) Offer motifs up to existing cross street catenary wires and cable tie firmly to upper and lower wires;
c) Pea light strings are in interconnecting 30 m lengths with each string comprising of 300 LV LED lights connected to a transformer;
h) The cost of dressing each tree with lights shall be calculated on the unit cost of the actual number of 30 m light strings on each tree.
There are 30 Christmas trees forming part of the Festive Lighting Scheme ranging in categories from 15 ft-30 ft and 31 ft-45 ft.
f) The contractor shall remove the pea lights and looms from all trees at the end of the Festive period;

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified.
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