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Published 27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Electric Vehicle Column Chargers

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitable
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Public utilities (65) Delivery: North West (UKD72)
Concession value (operator's revenue)£10,000,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Submissions closed 1 Oct 2025awarded 29 Oct 2025
Awarded to OTASKI ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTD2 awards
Contract term 10 yrsends 16 Nov 2035 · up to 16 Nov 2037 with extensions · starts 17 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Liverpool City Council is looking to engage an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charge Point Operator to supply, install, maintain and operate 300 EV chargers for up to 12 years. This will include procurement of electricity and charging users for it as part of their charging cost per kWh.

CPV: Chargers · Electric vehicles · Electricity distribution and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 10 yrsSMEPublished value£10,000,000
Contract period: 17 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2035 (10 yrs) · up to 16 Nov 2037 with extensionsValue: £10,000,000 exc. VAT · £12,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 1 potential extension of 24 months (2 years)
31158000 Chargers34144900 Electric vehicles65300000 Electricity distribution and related services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Form of Agreement - pass/fail

    A Bidder will pass if they agree to the Form of Agreement attached to the ITT. A Bidder with fail if they do not agree to the Form of Agreement attached to the ITT.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Social Value
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Form of Agreement - pass/fail

    A Bidder will pass if they agree to the Form of Agreement attached to the ITT. A Bidder with fail if they do not agree to the Form of Agreement attached to the ITT.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BST
Last source update
27 Mar 2026, 12:27 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 24 Oct 2025
Authority reference
DN786577
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051675
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
ChargersElectric vehiclesElectricity distribution and related services
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ec1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
1 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
22 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tender must be submitted electronically using the Council's procurement portal, procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index ↗ , full details can be found in the procurement documents.

Timeline

27 Aug 2025 → 27 Mar 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BST
  2. Clarification questions by396 days ago
    22 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline387 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by364 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent360 days ago
    29 Oct 2025
  6. Standstill ends350 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  7. Contract starts341 days ago
    17 Nov 2025
  8. Latest notice published210 days ago
    27 Mar 2026, 12:27 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    29 Oct 2025, 15:37 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    29 Oct 2025, 15:37 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    13 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    9 Jan 2026, 12:35 GMT
    UK7
  6. Contract details notice published
    27 Mar 2026, 12:27 GMT
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-08: 1 release · 27 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £12,000,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
Contracts signed 2latest 10 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OTASKI ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTDSME17 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2035 · up to 16 Nov 2037Extensions: 1 potential extension of 24 months (2 years)£12,000,00029 Oct 2025Awarded
OTASKI ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTDSME£12,000,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · OTASKI ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTDSME

    Signed
    10 Dec 2025
    Value
    £12,000,000
    Period
    10 Dec 2025 – 9 Dec 2035 · up to 9 Dec 2037 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    1 potential extension of 24 months (2 years)
    10 agreed KPIs: Availabilty of Chargers · Routine Maintenance · Urgent Faults …
    • Availabilty of Chargers
    • Routine Maintenance
    • Urgent Faults
    • Non-Urgent Faults
    • Inbound Calls
    • Call & E-mail Handling (Urgent Fault)
    • Call & E-mail Handling (Non-Urgent Fault)
    • Written Complaints (Acknowledge compliant/enquiry)
    • Written Complaints (Respond to compliant/ enquiry)
    • Major Service Failure

  • Contract 2 · OTASKI ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTDSME

    Signed
    10 Dec 2025
    Value
    £12,000,000
    Period
    10 Dec 2025 – 9 Dec 2035 · up to 9 Dec 2037 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    1 potential extension of 24 months (2 years)
    10 agreed KPIs: Availability of Chargers · Routine Maintenance · Urgent Faults …
    • Availability of Chargers
    • Routine Maintenance
    • Urgent Faults
    • Non-Urgent Faults
    • Inbound Calls
    • Call & E-mail Handling (Urgent Fault)
    • Call & E-mail Handling (Non-Urgent Fault)
    • Written Complaints (Acknowledge Complaint/ Enquiry)
    • Written Complaints (Respond to Complaint/ Enquiry)
    • Major Service Failure

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one30—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRVY-7813-WLPG Cunard Building, Liverpool, North West, L3 1DSContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsThe procurement documents can be found on the Council's procurement portal website above. Under Current Opportunities search the reference DN786577 https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?resetFilter=True&applyFilter=True&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21&v=1

Notices published for this procedure

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