Streetlight Maintenance and Repair Services

The City of St. Petersburg is conducting a Request for Qualifications (RFQ-26-131) to procure streetlight maintenance and repair services on an as-needed basis through an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract structure. This procurement is issued by the City of St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, Florida, and seeks qualified vendors capable of providing comprehensive streetlight services including fixture replacement, pole installation, LED retrofitting, emergency repairs, and routine maintenance. The contract requires 24/7/365 service availability with emergency response capabilities, including on-site repairs within one hour of notification and diagnostic work within two hours, with all replacement materials being new and equivalent to existing fixtures or City-approved alternatives, backed by a one-year warranty. Vendors must demonstrate a minimum of three years' experience in streetlight maintenance and repair, maintain commercial general liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate, commercial automobile liability insurance of $1,000,000, and workers' compensation insurance as required by Florida law. Pricing will be structured using hourly rates for routine maintenance and repairs completable within one hour using standard materials, with major repairs requiring detailed proposals specifying scope, material costs, time requirements, and hourly labor rates submitted prior to work commencement. The evaluation criteria allocate 50 points to qualifications and experience, 35 points to project approach, and 15 points to small business enterprise outreach and utilization, for a total of 100 points. The solicitation was released on March 23, 2026, with a deadline for questions on April 21, 2026, and a response deadline of May 7, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., with responses submitted electronically through the OpenGov Procurement portal. The initial contract term is three years from the date of award, with one optional two-year renewal period available by mutual written agreement.

The City intends to award to multiple vendors based on their qualifications and experience, with no mandatory set-asides or minimum participation thresholds for small business enterprises, women business enterprises, minority business enterprises, or veteran-owned businesses; however, the City encourages proactive engagement with these enterprise categories and will evaluate proposers' Subcontractor Utilization Plans demonstrating outreach efforts and strategies to increase participation. Proposers will not be deemed non-responsive if their utilization plan indicates zero diverse business participation, though contract award decisions will consider demonstrated efforts to engage with small, minority, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses operating in the Tampa Bay Region. Statement of Qualifications submissions must include a transmittal letter, table of contents, qualifications and experience documentation with five reference projects completed within the preceding ten years each exceeding $5,000 in contract value, project approach narrative, and business enterprise program utilization plans, submitted as a single PDF file limited to 35 pages exclusive of cover and divider pages. The proposed project manager and substitute must maintain a minimum of five years' applicable experience and remain assigned throughout the base agreement term without replacement without written City approval. The solicitation documents specify that the City will not negotiate on non-negotiable contract terms including indemnification, insurance coverage, governing law and venue in Pinellas County, and limitations on liability, and no specific budget or award value is disclosed in the procurement documents, with compensation determined by the Services Pricing in Appendix B subject to a specified maximum annual price limit.