Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-29
Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30163000 | 31158000: Battery chargers | 31681500 | 34920000 | 34923000
Estimated value: 27000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hampshire County Council (HCC) wishes to establish Single Supplier Framework Agreement from a suitably experienced and qualified organisation, for the Deployment of Electric Vehicle Charging Points, from which any public sector organisation detailed within this Notice at Section VI.3, can order feasibility assessments, installation & deployment works and charging point management services. The Framework Agreement also provides the opportunity to adopt existing charging point assets to offer consistent service and management activity for all charging points.
Within the Counties of Hampshire, Berkshire, Devon,Dorset, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex, and Wiltshire; also the Isle of Wight, and may include HCC's Activity Centre in the Brecon Beacons in Wales.
This single source Deployment of Electric Vehicle Charging Points Framework Agreement is to provide a compliant procurement vehicle for Hampshire County Council, its partners and other Contracting Authorities.
The Framework Agreement Supplier is to provide a turnkey service encompassing three key areas of activity:
— Feasibility studies — to assess the viability of locations for electric vehicle charging points — to include obtaining any permissions/licences and planning consents; liaison with District Network Operator(s) (DNO) and local authority Highways; confirm viability for GSM/SMS signal coverage; agree costs and financial options for return on investment supported by a business case, and operational management of charging points.
— Installation and deployment — to include installation; equipment delivery to site; electric vehicle chargers; bollards/guards; signage; parking bay marking; electric vehicle charging cables; RFID access cards; back office connection etc.
— Charging point service and management — to include service and maintenance (including warranties) of charging points; monitoring and management of charge points; provision of management information for pre-determined meetings. This may also include the service and management of existing charge points currently owned by Contracting Authorities. Public awareness — via Zap Map and the National Charge Point Registry and other suitable media platforms.
The subsequent Orders for the Service and Management activity for charging points (once installed), can be for a period of up to 15 years. This will offer cost beneficial delivery solutions for Contracting Authorities and support the delivery of a charging point network in the region. The Supplier will provide investment funding and/or any Government Grant funding available to support the delivery of the Contracting Authorities charging point requirements, where a blend of public and private sector investment maximises the opportunities for deploying more EV charging points.
Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire, and complete and submit the tender return documents together with any supporting information requested by 14:00 on XXXXday XX/XX/20XX
The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert and clicking ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are 5 tabs — ‘Tender’, ‘ITT — documents’, ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ and ‘History’. Select the 2nd tab (ITT — documents) where you will find useful information under ‘Tender Details’ continue to scroll down to the heading ‘Tender Documents Received’ where you will be able to view/download the documents.
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The ‘Opt Out’ functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option to declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision.
You can choose to ‘Opt In’ at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to ‘Opt Out’.
Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ to view and complete the Stage 1 Questionnaire for this project.
In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender — download and upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the ‘Help’ or ‘Information for Suppliers’ buttons.

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with Article 57 — 62 of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament and the Council and Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Organisations are advised it is a condition of this Framework Agreement that all managers and operatives (including subcontractors) are suitably competent to execute all the services and operations encompassed by the Framework Agreement in full compliance with UK legislation.

Award value: 27000000