Emergency lighting contracts
UK public sector · 61 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 61
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £106k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £13.1m
- 29 of 30 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 53
- Suppliers
- 55
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Get them by email15 emergency lighting contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most emergency lighting contracts took 20% of them (12 of 61).
- The median contract, £106k, is 23% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
- North West had the most contracts: 13, or 21% of the total.
Who buys emergency lighting
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1L&Q2 contracts£9.0m
- 2ORBIT GROUP LIMITED2 contracts£1.1m
- 3Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust2 contracts£194k
- 4The Pirbright Institute2 contracts£102k
- 5Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts£65k
- 6Kent County Council2 contracts£52k
- 7Central Bedfordshire Council2 contracts—
- 8Wigan Council2 contracts—
- 9Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust1 contract£615k
- 10Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust1 contract£340k
Top emergency lighting contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Thorlux Lighting4 contracts£734k
- 2McIntyre Electrical Limited2 contracts£1.1m
- 3Bianco Sale Limited2 contracts£65k
- 4E. Saunders (Margate) Ltd2 contracts£52k
- 5Fire Systems Limited2 contracts—
- 6DHE Group2 contracts—
- 7Fieldway Group2 contracts—
- 8SCCI Alphatrack Ltd1 contract£6.0m
- 9Fixatex Ltd1 contract£3.0m
- 10SAVAGE & SONS (ELECTRICAL) LIMITED1 contract£615k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Solent University to AVENUE ELECTRICAL LIMITED · Awarded 18 September 2026
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to P4 Ltd · Awarded 8 September 2026
West London NHS Trust to DC Emergency Systems · Awarded 7 September 2026
The Pirbright Institute to U.P.S SYSTEMS PLC · Awarded 5 August 2026
The Pirbright Institute to ABB · Awarded 5 August 2026
Trafford College to B-ENGINEERING (NW) LTD · Awarded 30 July 2026
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to G & M BUILDING CONTRACTORS ESSEX LTD · Awarded 23 July 2026
Royal Holloway, University of London to Maidenhead Electrical Ltd · Awarded 5 June 2026
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service to Enterprise Electrical Services Limited · Awarded 28 May 2026
CA16257 - R5987 STH Emergency Lighting Continuation (official notice, opens in a new tab)
Value not published
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to Russell Cawberry · Awarded 22 May 2026
Largest
L&Q to SCCI Alphatrack Ltd · Awarded 2 March 2026
L&Q to Alphatrack Systems Limited, CB SERVICES and Fixatex Ltd · Awarded 3 November 2025
ORBIT GROUP LIMITED to McIntyre Electrical Limited · Awarded 11 March 2026
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust to SAVAGE & SONS (ELECTRICAL) LIMITED · Awarded 12 November 2025
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust to Thorlux Lighting · Awarded 18 May 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 56 · Scotland 3 · Northern Ireland 1 · Wales 1
What is included
Installation, replacement, periodic testing, servicing and repair of emergency escape lighting to BS 5266, including battery replacement and central battery systems.
- Monthly and annual emergency lighting tests
- Emergency lighting servicing and repair
- Emergency light replacement and new installation
- Bulk battery replacement in emergency fittings
What is not included
- Fire alarms let in the same lot (con.fire.fire-detection-and-alarms)
- General lighting (con.elec.lighting-and-led-upgrades)