Official UK procurement notice
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Tender is being published to support the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund, which is a major UK government initiative, administered by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), designed to support local authorities in England to roll out electric vehicle public charging infrastructure. The scheme aims to assist residents without off-street parking in transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs).
The Authority has been awarded £10,111,000 for the provision of public EV Chargepoints from the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Capital fund, funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles. Additionally, the Authority has secured £400,000 from the LEVI Pilot fund specifically for the delivery of lamppost-integrated Chargepoints. Delivery of the Pilot project has been included as a required element in this tender to ensure there is an integrated and consistent approach to EVI provision.
The Authority's contribution towards the works required to deliver the Contract is £10,511,000 which is aggregate sum of the LEVI Capital fund the LEVI Pilot fund as set out above.
This Procurement and subsequent Contract is offered and will be delivered as a single lot covering the whole county. The Authority's desire is that installations can be balanced across the more commercially viable and the less commercially viable areas across the county. An experienced CPO with the technical expertise to deliver at the required scale and at pace is vital for a contract of this size.
Modelling conducted for the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Strategy link: 'www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/945415/the-lan… ↗' supported by forecasts from Cenex and Transport for the North, indicates that Lancashire will require a minimum of 6,200 charging Sockets by 2030. The number of individual units (Chargepoints) will depend on the use of technology, i.e. 7kW or 50kW+, and the number of Sockets per Chargepoint, and will be determined as part of this tender. Looking ahead to 2035, demand modelling suggests that the number of required Sockets will rise to at least 11,000 to accommodate the county's expanding electric vehicle fleet. This forecasting does not form a part of the minimum criteria for this Tender, however, the Authority remains committed to delivering the highest possible level of provision for residents by leveraging both the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund and private sector investment. References to 2030 and 2035 are aspirational dates only from forecast modelling.
The minimum criteria for this Tender has been set out in Appendix 3 of the tender documents, these are available via the Authorities e-sourcing portal Oracle Fusion.
The final number of Sockets to be delivered will be determined through the Tender evaluation process. Accordingly, Tenderers are encouraged to submit their most competitive proposals for delivering Electric Vehicle Infrastructure across Lancashire.
The Authority is supported by cenex 'Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies' in conducting this procurement.
- How the procedure runs: • Stage One - ITT will be issued with the PSQ containing conditions of participation o PSQs then submitted and evaluated, all criteria to be evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis • Stage Two - Tenderers who have passed the PSQ will be invited to tender, including submissions of the method statement questions and commercial schedule. o Tender submissions will then be received and evaluations will take place • Stage Three - Preferred Supplier Stage o The Authority will identify the Most Advantageous Tenderer who has achieved the highest score in Stage Two to participate in this stage o This Stage is intended to confirm any commitments in the Preferred Suppliers tender submission including but not limited to: conducting final financial security, technical reference checks and energy arrangements. Full details on these stages including the purpose and objectives can be found within the tender pack accessible via the Authorities Oracle Fusion e-sourcing portal.
- No preliminary market engagement: N/A preliminary market engagement has taken place in 2 phases
CPV: Electrical installation work · Electrical services · Installation services of electrical equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,934,538,134
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and Financial Conditions of Participation can be found in Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire of the tender pack available via the Authorities e-sourcing portal Oracle Fusion
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Conditions of Participation can be found in Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire of the tender pack available via the Authorities e-sourcing portal Oracle Fusion
- Condition of participationshortlisting
All criteria in the Appendix 4 PSQ including conditions of participation will be evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis, only tenderers who pass the PSQ will be invited to tender.
Please read Appendix 4 in conjunction with Appendix 3 Evaluation Criteria Selection and Award.
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).
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Site Selection - Method Statement Questions: 20%
- Delivery - Method Statement Questions: 30%
- Network Management - Method Statement Questions: 10%
- KPI & Incident Management - Method Statement Questions: 5%
- Stakeholder Engagement - Method Statement Questions: 5%
- Total number of Charge Points: 20%
- Social Value Quantitative Commitments: 3%
- Social Value Qualitative Responses: 7%
Published award criteria (8)
- Total number of Charge Points: To clarify this 20% is for the total number of chargepoints 'sockets' proposed for installation as part of a tenderers bid. This will factor in unit/hardware costs and ongoing maintenance.
- Site Selection - Method Statement Questions: Quality Method Statement Questions relating to site selection
- Delivery - Method Statement Questions: Quality Method Statement Questions relating to Delivery
- Network Management - Method Statement Questions: Quality Method Statement Questions relating to Network Management
- KPI & Incident Management - Method Statement Questions: Quality Method Statement Questions relating to KPI & Incident Management
- Stakeholder Engagement - Method Statement Questions: Quality Method Statement Questions relating to Stakeholder Engagement
- Social Value Quantitative Commitments: Social Value - Quantitative Commitments in £
- Social Value Qualitative Responses
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and Financial Conditions of Participation can be found in Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire of the tender pack available via the Authorities e-sourcing portal Oracle Fusion
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Conditions of Participation can be found in Appendix 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire of the tender pack available via the Authorities e-sourcing portal Oracle Fusion
- Condition of participationshortlisting
All criteria in the Appendix 4 PSQ including conditions of participation will be evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis, only tenderers who pass the PSQ will be invited to tender.
Please read Appendix 4 in conjunction with Appendix 3 Evaluation Criteria Selection and Award.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 May 2026, 14:27 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jun 2026, 10:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
BB/CORP/LCC/24/054- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045383- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069b0cFind a Tender
- How it runs
- Stage One - ITT will be issued with the PSQ containing conditions of participation
o PSQs then submitted and evaluated, all criteria to be evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis
- Stage Two - Tenderers who have passed the PSQ will be invited to tender, including submissions of the method statement questions and commercial schedule.
o Tender submissions will then be received and evaluations will take place
- Stage Three - Preferred Supplier Stage
o The Authority will identify the Most Advantageous Tenderer who has achieved the highest score in Stage Two to participate in this stage
o This Stage is intended to confirm any commitments in the Preferred Suppliers tender submission including but not limited to: conducting final financial security, technical reference checks and energy arrangements.
Full details on these stages including the purpose and objectives can be found within the tender pack accessible via the Authorities Oracle Fusion e-sourcing portal.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 2 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 2 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 May 2026 → 18 Dec 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published155 days ago18 May 2026, 14:27 BST
- Clarification questions by141 days ago1 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
- Latest notice published119 days ago23 Jun 2026, 10:58 BST
- Submission deadline110 days ago2 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 50 days8 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 59 days18 Dec 2026
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 May 2026- Tender notice published18 May 2026, 14:27 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published9 Jun 2026, 13:58 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published23 Jun 2026, 10:58 BSTUK4
Published amendments (2)
Amendment to participation deadline from the 18th June 2026 2pm to the 23rd June 2026 2pm
Updated participation deadline
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityTo evaluate the social value aspect of tender responses
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: All ITT documents are accessible from the date of this notice via our e-sourcing portal - https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/
- Bidding documents and specifications All Tender documents can be found at: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/
- Technical specifications
Notices published for this procedure
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