Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-02-01
Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hampshire CC
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 31600000 | 31610000 | 31681500

Technical requirements: Hampshire County Council (HCC) seeks to understand through this Notice, the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging market and its various deployment models and options to support its future EV charging deployment activity. HCC owns 14 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points around Hampshire and the Southern region and has a third party management contract in place for these points. There is pressure from the growth of the EV sales Nationally and in Hampshire to increase the wider charging point network to support this growth and ensure the transition from fossil fuel vehicles is supported within its and its public sector partners facilities. The benefits of providing EV charge points is supports the reduction of HCC's carbon footprint, encourages EV conversion for its own vehicle fleet, ensure continued accessibility for EV drivers to visit and benefit from Hampshire's public facing facilities, and continuation of revenue income from EV users which maintains income for its Cafe's and shops.
It is currently anticipated that this procurement will cover Hampshire and the Isle of Wight only. Please email procurement.partners@hants.gov.uk Requesting a Questionnaire.
Hampshire County Council (HCC) owns 14 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points around Hampshire and the Southern region and has a third party management contract in place for these points. There is pressure from the growth of the EV sales Nationally and in Hampshire, to increase the wider charging point network to support this growth and ensure the transition from fossil fuel vehicles is supported within its and its public sector partners facilities. The benefits of providing EV charge points is supports the reduction of the Council's carbon footprint, encourages EV conversion for its own vehicle fleet, and ensure continued accessibility for EV drivers to visit and benefit from Hampshire's public facing facilities. A further benefit to the Council is the continuation of revenue income from EV users ‘dwell time’ at these facilities which maintains income for its Cafe's and shops.
HCC seeks to engage with the market to comment on the viability and practicality of HCC's aspirations and requirements as outlined in Section VI Complementary Information, and to further inform HCC's understanding by responding to a questionnaire which can be obtained by emailing procurement.partners@hants.gov.uk
— Develop in partnership with the market the identification of locations and suitability for charge point installations from the markets' understanding of viability.
— Consider a self-financing deployment arrangement with no (or very minimal) capital investment from HCC.
— Enter into a long term income share arrangement for HCC to support its officer costs and further EV investment.
— Have flexibility with the market provider to deploy further charge points, both driven by the market provider and by HCC.
— Work with the market provider to promote publicity and awareness of all HCC charge point locations to EV users.