Expanding the Publicly Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Network in Glasgow City Region

Summary

Glasgow City Council, as the Lead Authority on behalf of the following eight Member Authorities (MAs) in Glasgow City Region, (East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, and West Dunbartonshire) is seeking to award a contract to one Charge Point Operator (CPO), on behalf of the MAs. The CPO will be required to provide a full Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) turnkey service via 20-year concession contract which will include both the migration of around 627 existing charge points and minimum of 3034 new charge points at council owned assets and on-street locations. The services shall consist of Supply, Installation, Maintenance of Charging infrastructure and Back Office Services for publicly accessible charge points for all eight MAs. It is expected that a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation will be applied to the award of the contract in accordance with Regulation 27(4)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The contracting authority, however, reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tender without further negotiation. (Please refer to Document Two-ITP - section 2.2.1)