Opportunity Overview
Future Street Lighting Service
What Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council are seeking from the market
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) and Stoke-on-Trent City Council (SoTCC) are working together to develop successor arrangements for their existing street lighting PFI contracts, which expire on 18 May 2028 and 31 August 2028 respectively. Our priority is to secure a safe, legal, reliable and value-for-money service, with effective mobilisation and uninterrupted service continuity from the relevant commencement date for each authority.
Our anticipated requirement
Subject to the outcome of the business case and formal approvals, the current direction is a jointly procured, single-contractor service, potentially comprising separate authority-specific arrangements under a common commercial and technical structure.
The anticipated scope includes:
• planned, preventative and reactive maintenance;
• emergency attendance and response;
• electrical and structural inspections, testing and compliance;
• investigation and repair of faults referred by the authorities;
• access to professional, technical and street lighting design services where required;
• delivery of flexible capital investment and asset-replacement programmes;
• maintenance of accurate, accessible and authority-owned asset information;
• customer, stakeholder and third-party liaison; and
• mobilisation, transition and service-continuity support.
This integrated model is intended to provide clear end-to-end accountability while retaining flexibility for design services to be commissioned through the contractor where required, thereby managing operational interfaces and supporting effective delivery.
The present planning assumption is an initial four-year contract with an option to extend for up to a further four years. Any extension would be subject to satisfactory performance, affordability, value for money and the requirements of the successor authorities.
What we want from our...
What Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council are seeking from the market
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) and Stoke-on-Trent City Council (SoTCC) are working together to develop successor arrangements for their existing street lighting PFI contracts, which expire on 18 May 2028 and 31 August 2028 respectively. Our priority is to secure a safe, legal, reliable and value-for-money service, with effective mobilisation and uninterrupted service continuity from the relevant commencement date for each authority.
Our anticipated requirement
Subject to the outcome of the business case and formal approvals, the current direction is a jointly procured, single-contractor service, potentially comprising separate authority-specific arrangements under a common commercial and technical structure.
The anticipated scope includes:
• planned, preventative and reactive maintenance;
• emergency attendance and response;
• electrical and structural inspections, testing and compliance;
• investigation and repair of faults referred by the authorities;
• access to professional, technical and street lighting design services where required;
• delivery of flexible capital investment and asset-replacement programmes;
• maintenance of accurate, accessible and authority-owned asset information;
• customer, stakeholder and third-party liaison; and
• mobilisation, transition and service-continuity support.
This integrated model is intended to provide clear end-to-end accountability while retaining flexibility for design services to be commissioned through the contractor where required, thereby managing operational interfaces and supporting effective delivery.
The present planning assumption is an initial four-year contract with an option to extend for up to a further four years. Any extension would be subject to satisfactory performance, affordability, value for money and the requirements of the successor authorities.
What we want from our...
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| Issuing agency | Stoke on Trent City Council |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Category | Government Procurement |
| Published | September 21, 2026 |
| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
| Response due | Not specified / rolling |
| Status | Open — accepting responses |
| Official source | View original notice |
| Last verified | October 11, 2026 |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: UK Government (Find a Tender).
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