Public procurement notice: Services Concession
Published: 2018-07-17
Buyer: West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Concession award procedure
CPV classification: 31158000: Battery chargers | 31610000 | 31681500 | 34000000 | 45100000: Site preparation work
Submission deadline: 2018-08-28
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: The project scope includes, but is not limited to, the supply, installation and operation of approximately 88 electric vehicle charging points in West Yorkshire, to be spread across 5 West Yorkshire local authority areas. The supplier will be responsible for (among other things) identifying sites, preparation work, installation of charging points, DNO connections, operation and maintenance and provision of data. Each charging point must be capable of simultaneous charging of two vehicles of any type, with one of the 2 charging bays reserved for the use of taxis.
The supplier will be required to adhere to a maximum cap on the tariff to be charged to users for the first 3 years, and to offer a discount to taxis. Both tariff and discount % are to be bid as part of the procurement process.
The Combined Authority intends to award a single supplier framework agreement for the provision of the charging points and associated services including data provision. Each of the 5 West Yorkshire Partner Councils (as listed in VI.3) will be entitled to call-off a 10 year concession contract with the supplier. Grant funding is available to cover a maximum of 75 % of the initial capital costs of installation for charging points that are fully operational by 31.3.2020. All other capital costs, and all operational expenditure, shall be borne by the supplier.
The Combined Authority and the Partner Councils wish to ensure that the concession contract arrangements will deliver social value, including through engaging with local educational establishments, development of apprentices and trainees, developing the workforce and supporting environmental policies.
The project is in part financed by grant funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), awarded to the Combined Authority as part of the ULEV Taxi Infrastructure proposals grant under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003.
Following market discussions on the conditions for ensuring competition and competitive bids and consideration of the proposed terms of the concession contract arrangements, the Combined Authority has determined that a 10 year duration for each Partner Council call-off concession contract represents (to the extent this is capable of being forecast by the Combined Authority) the time that the supplier could reasonably be expected to take to recoup the investments made in operating the works and services together with a return on invested capital taking into account the investments required to achieve the specific contractual objectives. However, this is an estimate and cannot be specified with precision given the uncertainty of demand in the vehicle charging market at present.
The Combined Authority is procuring on behalf of itself and the following Partner Councils: the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council; the Borough Council of Calderdale; Kirklees Council; Leeds City Council; and Wakefield Council.
Neither the publication of this concession notice, nor any of the information presented in it, should be regarded as a commitment of any kind on the part of the Combined Authority or any Partner Council (or any other person) to enter into a contractual arrangement. Neither the Combined Authority nor any Partner Council is bound to award any contract as a result of this procurement process.

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the invitation to tender (ITT) which is available from the address stated in I.3.