Street Lighting Maintenance and Capital Investment Services

Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council are seeking a delivery partner to provide integrated street lighting services from 2028. The service will cover planned and reactive maintenance, emergency response, electrical and structural inspections, fault investigation and repair, design services, capital asset replacement programmes, asset data management, and customer liaison. The contract will run for an initial four years with an option to extend for up to four more years, subject to satisfactory performance and value for money. The councils require a capable, collaborative partner that prioritizes public safety and statutory compliance, delivers reliable customer-focused service, provides whole-life value, ensures successful mobilisation from existing PFI arrangements, maintains high-quality accessible asset data, offers flexibility for varying investment and priorities, drives measurable improvements in energy efficiency and carbon reduction, supports responsible employment practices, operates through open-book contract management with clear performance measures, and identifies innovation opportunities with fair benefit-sharing. The successful contractor will work alongside each authority's intelligent-client team to deliver a safe, legal, reliable and cost-effective service with uninterrupted continuity.