Business RFPs

Request for Proposals

The Public Lighting Authority of Detroit (PLA) solicits all bids through publications such as CAM (Construction Association of Michigan) and McGraw Hill Dodge. RFP advertisements will also be posted to our website. Please check these listings periodically for bid opportunities.

The Detroit Public Lighting Authority is committed to utilizing Detroit- and Michigan-based businesses when possible. It is the expectation that the Contractor investigates and pursues local sourcing of work and utilize Detroit- and Michigan-based businesses in support of this effort wherever practical. Please identify in your response, opportunities provided from Detroit and Michigan based companies.

The PLA is currently seeking a request for proposals to properly dispose of and recycle PLA scrap. Proposals must be received by 5 p.m. EST, Friday, November 6, 2020.
The PLA is currently seeking a request for proposals to buy 2,420 unused, boxed Cooper Lighting HPS Fixtures or to sell them for scrap. Proposals must be received by 5 p.m. EST, Friday, November 6, 2020.

For information on these RFPs or to submit your proposals, click here.

Discover our Mission

The Public Lighting Authority (PLA) is a state-created authority whose mission is to improve, modernize and maintain all street lights in the City of Detroit with brighter, more reliable, more energy efficient lights. The new lights in neighborhoods are 150-watt equivalent LED lights, twice as bright as the 75-watt equivalent High Pressure Sodium Lights that were the standard under the old system. The LED lights are also much more energy efficient than the High Pressure Sodium lights.