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Scope

Reference

BB/CORP/LCC/24/054

Description

This 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: '' 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.

Total value (estimated)

• £1,934,538,134 excluding VAT
• £2,321,445,761 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

• 18 December 2026 to 17 December 2041
• 15 years

Main procurement category

Works

CPV classifications

• 45310000 - Electrical installation work
• 51110000 - Installation services of electrical equipment
• 71314100 - Electrical services

Contract locations

• UKD4 - Lancashire

Participation

Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation

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 ability conditions of participation

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

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

1 June 2026, 2:00pm

Submission type

Requests to participate

Deadline for requests to participate

18 June 2026, 2:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

8 December 2026

Award criteria

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Special regime

Concession

Competitive flexible procedure description

• 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.

Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice

N/A preliminary market engagement has taken place in 2 phases

Documents

Associated tender documents

All Tender documents can be found at:

Documents to be provided after the tender notice

All ITT documents are accessible from the date of this notice via our e-sourcing portal -

Technical specifications to be met

Contracting authority

Lancashire County Council

• Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBBJ-2179-TNXM

PO Box 100, County Hall

Preston

PR1 0LD

United Kingdom

Email: contractscorporate [at] lancashire.gov.uk

Website: /

Region: UKD45 - Mid Lancashire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government

Other organisation

These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.

SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD

Summary of their role in this procurement: To evaluate the social value aspect of tender responses

• Companies House: 09197997
• Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQHH-4489-TLZM

Tintagel House

London

SE1 7TY

United Kingdom

Email: sales [at] socialvalueportal.com

Website: /

Region: UKI45 - Lambeth

Contact organisation

Contact Lancashire County Council for any enquiries.