Provision, operation and maintenance of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for general public use

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) is seeking to: procure a single concessionaire for the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of 7kW and 22kW EV chargepoints at key off street and on street public parking locations across CCR pursuant to the terms of a discrete concession agreement (the “Concession Agreement”). The Concession Agreement will be for a period of 5 years with an option to extend by a further period of five years or succession of periods of not exceeding in total five years. Engagement from the market has indicated that this duration is appropriate as it will take up to ten years to recoup the investment required to achieve the specific contractual objectives. This includes the initial investment, the investment made during the life of the Concession Agreement and to see the full return on that investment. The Concession Agreement will initially be for a minimum of 159 dual chargepoints, one per site up to a maximum of 385 (Phase 1). However, CCR has the option (at its absolute discretion) to require further phases of development allowing it to drawn down a maximum of 645 chargepoints across a number of sites throughout the first 3 years of the Concession Agreement. The Phase 1 Sites have been chosen based on engagement with Council Officers from the CCR and the feasibility of the available power supply has been undertaken with Western Power Distribution (“WPD”). Locations: 22 hubs 137 on street or carparks. The hubs will require 7kW dual EV chargepoints and the remaining 137 sites will require 22kW dual EV chargepoints. The Concessionaire will be required to operate and maintain the installed chargers, including but not limited to warranty and maintenance support (graffiti, vandalism, abuse, accidents, theft, repair & upgrade), at its own cost and risk for the remainder of the term. The chargepoints must not incur any additional on-going cost to CCR. The installation, operation, future upgrades and maintenance of the chargepoints and all hardware, software, metering & electricity supply, back office, payment, communication (including SIM fees), and call handling systems will be taken on by the successful concessionaire at its own cost and risk without payment from CCR. Increase in connection costs are at the risk of CCR. The Concession Agreement Turnover value for 645 chargepoints over 10 years is an estimated minimum of 7,540,834 GBP and a maximum of 10,187,244 GBP. This concession award notice does not cover the All Wales multi-party framework.