West Yorkshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Framework

Prior Information Notice - Market Engagement

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the CA) is seeking to establish a multi-lot framework to support West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Partner Councils with procurement of electric vehicle chargepoints (EVCP) principally for public use. This forms part of a package of works to support the emerging West Yorkshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy. The framework will likely comprise of two Lots: Lot 1: Public chargepoints – Collaborative packages (max 3 providers) and Lot 2: Public chargepoints – Infrastructure projects & trials (max 5 providers).

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the CA) is seeking to establish a multi-lot framework to support West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Partner Councils with procurement of electric vehicle chargepoints (EVCP) principally for public use. This forms part of a package of works to support the emerging West Yorkshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy. The framework will likely comprise of two Lots: Lot 1: Public chargepoints – Collaborative packages (max 3 providers) and Lot 2: Public chargepoints – Infrastructure projects & trials (max 5 providers).

The framework allows procurement of EVCP schemes from single chargepoints to hub schemes to multi-site packages and provides a range of charging type and speeds to meet individual scheme specifications. It is designed to support procurement for individual or packages of pre-identified sites and projects looking to be delivered through collaborative site(s) identification with suppliers.

It is expected that the supplier will, in many cases, contribute to or fund most of the works and provide a revenue share back to the customer or pay per parking event (to be specified via project briefs). Government grants, such as the On-street Charging Scheme (ORCS), could be applied for as part of the project and other external funding may be provided by project partners. The operation model for infrastructure procured through this framework will predominantly be supplier to supply, own, operate & maintain EVCP infrastructure and related services but Local Authority owned models are also possible.

The framework is expected to be a term of up to 4 years (inclusive of extension options) with an anticipated total contract value of £5m-£10m but may be subject to change.

In order to provide further information and to answer questions relating to this opportunity we would like to invite potential participants to a supplier engagement session on the 07th December 2022 via Microsoft Teams (anticipated 10:30-12:00). Please contact: [email protected] to express an interest in attendance.

Your request to participate should include as a minimum –

• Full Organisation name and address
• Company registration number (where applicable)
• Contact details of the participant/s including Name, Position/Job Title, Email address and contact telephone number.

Please note: a maximum of 2 participants per organisations will be permissible.

It is likely that the engagement session will be followed by an opportunity to complete a questionnaire to provide feedback on the proposed procurement. Additional information: Please note this PIN is for prior information only and is not a call for competition. Any subsequent tender documentation in connection to this opportunity will go live on our e-tendering system, YorTender, in due course (https://yortender.eu-supply.com). Suppliers are advised to register on the above tender platform in anticipation of our tender opportunity.