Official UK procurement notice
636_21 Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2 (VCI 2)
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionA national multi-lot, multi supplier framework agreement for ultra-low and zero emission
vehicle charging infrastructure, including electric vehicle charging points, consultancy and
other related developing technologies.
CPV: Approval plans, working drawings and specifications · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Car park building construction work · Car park services · Charge cards · Chargers · Construction consultancy services · Construction work · Control, safety or signalling equipment for parking facilities · Draft plans (systems and integration) · Electrical accessories · +36 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 46 bids on the busiest of 6 lots · 35 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 9 Aug 2021
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £50,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Purchase of electric vehicle charging solutionsAwardedPublished value£800,000,000
Electric vehicle charge point purchase (turnkey solution including equipment supply, installation, back office equipment from a CPNO, software & maintenance services).
The following information is applicable to all lots:
ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.
Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.
An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.
Lot #2Lease of electric vehicle charging solutionsAwardedPublished value£30,000,000
Electric vehicle charge point leasing (turnkey solution including equipment supply,
installation, back office equipment from a CPNO, software & maintenance services)
Lot #3Back office solutionsAwardedceiling above
Electric vehicle charge point back office services only
Lot #4Service and maintenanceAwardedceiling above
Service and maintenance of electric vehicle charge points
Lot #5Consultancy Services (including site survey and feasibility studies)AwardedPublished value£20,000,000
Consultancy covering strategic guidance relating to the implementation of an electric
vehicle charging infrastructure, and feasibility study and site survey services.
Lot #6Emerging TechnologiesAwardedceiling above
Emerging Technologies including battery energy storage, vehicle to grid, car port charging, wireless charging, bi-directional chargers, integrated sockets and mobile chargers.
Sub-lot 6.1 Battery energy storage
Sub-lot 6.2 Vehicle to grid
Sub-lot 6.3 Car port charging (including solar)
Sub-lot 6.4 Wireless charging
Sub-lot 6.5 Bi-directional chargers
Sub-lot 6.6 Integrated sockets
Sub-lot 6.7 Mobile chargers
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Purchase of electric vehicle charging solutions | 55% | 40% | 5% | |
| 2 · Lease of electric vehicle charging solutions | 55% | 40% | 5% | |
| 3 · Back office solutions | 60% | 40% | — | |
| 4 · Service and maintenance | 60% | 40% | — | |
| 5 · Consultancy Services (including site survey and feasibility studies) | 60% | 40% | — | |
| 6 · Emerging Technologies | 55% | 40% | 5% |
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “636_21 Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2 (VCI 2)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 May 2021, 16:12 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Nov 2021, 12:38 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
636_21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029453- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b556Find a Tender
- Performance terms
The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is stated in the procurement documents.
This framework will operate on-going contract monitoring procedures following award, to ensure financial stability requirements are maintained.
Credit rating checks will be carried out on a regular basis, using the credit rating agency, Creditsafe Business Solutions Limited.
Any changes will be assessed (compared with a baseline credit rating score obtained at contract award stage) and significant changes or sustained degradation will be investigated.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
28 Jun 2021 → 26 Nov 2021 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts9 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published26 Nov 2021, 12:38 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Nov 2021, 12:38 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £71,428,572, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Purchase of electric vehicle charging solutions
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 8 Aug 2023
- Status
- active
Contract 029453-2021-2
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 8 Aug 2023
- Status
- active
Back office solutions
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 8 Aug 2023
- Status
- active
Service and maintenance
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 8 Aug 2023
- Status
- active
Consultancy Services (including site survey and feasibility studies)
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 8 Aug 2023
- Status
- active
Emerging Technologies
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- £642,857,140
- Period
- … – 8 Aug 2023
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Purchase of electric vehicle charging solutions | 46bids · 46 electronic | 28 | — | — |
| 2 · Lease of electric vehicle charging solutions | 46bids · 46 electronic | 28 | — | — |
| 3 · Back office solutions | 46bids · 46 electronic | 28 | — | — |
| 4 · Service and maintenance | 46bids · 46 electronic | 28 | — | — |
| 5 · Consultancy Services (including site survey and feasibility studies) | 46bids · 46 electronic | 28 | — | — |
| 6 · Emerging Technologies | 46bids · 46 electronic | 28 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
38 commercial parties on the notice- Atkins LimitedFramework contractor
- BMM Energy Solutions LtdFramework contractor
- Boyd Brothers (Fauldhouse) LimitedFramework contractor
- Buro Happold LimitedFramework contractor
- Carbon Point LimitedFramework contractor
- Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon & Fuel Cell Technologies)Framework contractor
- Chargemaster Limited, T/A bp pulseFramework contractor
- Clarke Telecom LimitedFramework contractor
- Clenergy EV LtdFramework contractor
- Connected Kerb LimitedFramework contractor
Show 28 more suppliers
- Connected Kerb LimitedFramework contractor
- Costain LimitedFramework contractor
- Crystal Electronics LimitedFramework contractor
- E.ON Energy Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- EB Charging LtdFramework contractor
- Elmtronics LtdFramework contractor
- Ernst & Young LLPFramework contractor
- Expleo Engineering UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Flowbird Smart City UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Hilson Moran Partnership LimitedFramework contractor
- IBI Group (UK) LimitedFramework contractor
- Innogy E-Mobility LimitedFramework contractor
- Joju LimitedFramework contractor
- Juuce Limited, T/A EO ChargingFramework contractor
- Pod Point LimitedFramework contractor
- Project Better Energy LimitedFramework contractor
- Project Centre LimitedFramework contractor
- SEE Rail Limited, T/A SEE ServicesFramework contractor
- SEE Rail Limited, T/A SEE ServicesFramework contractor
- SWARCO UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Siemens Mobility LimitedFramework contractor
- Steer Davies & Gleave Limited t/a SteerFramework contractor
- UK Power Networks Services (Commercial) LimitedFramework contractor
- Ubitricity Distributed Energy Systems UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Ultra EVC LimitedFramework contractor
- VolkerHighways LimitedFramework contractor
- ZPN Energy LimitedFramework contractor
- ZPN Energy LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria