How to win: Streetlighting Services - Maintenance & Capital programme

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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 f

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