LCRCA Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Project

Description

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) seeks to commission a contractor for the supply, installation, maintenance and operation of a network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, under the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding in conjunction with the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, (OZEV), and Department for Transport (DfT).
LCRCA has been allocated LEVI capital funding to rollout infrastructure in all 6 Liverpool City Region Local Authorities (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral).
Prospective suppliers are invited to submit a tender detailing how they would introduce additional chargepoints in predominantly on-street locations under a 15-year Concession Contract.
Suppliers wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express an interest' in order to gain access to the full suite of procurement documents in the e-tendering system (ProContract). 
Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.
Suppliers are to ensure that where possible documents are uploaded and that file names are descriptive and succinct.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the messaging service on the e-tendering portal and in accordance with the procurement documents.
The value estimated on this notice accounts for the initial LEVI funding investment as well as any additional investment that may be secured, and revenue share funding that is re-invested into the chargepoint network over the 15-year concession period.
LCRCA will be using the ProActis / Pro-Contract e-tendering portal to manage all stages of this Competitive Flexible procedure, the details of which can be found below.
The majority of the tender documents associated with this Competitive Flexible procedure will be shared with Suppliers right from the beginning but suppliers are advised to read the 'LEVI-ID-01 - Invitation to Tender Guidance' document first as this provides guidance as to the process and indicate what documents need completing and when.
As this tender is under the Procurement Act 23, suppliers will need to ensure that they have registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) before submitting their bid for the PSQ stage initially, and suppliers will be required to share the financial information, associated persons information etc. that they will be relying on for their bid from the CDP when they submit their response.