London establishes UK's largest EV and charging point procurement frameworks

Thu 18 March 2010 View all news

Transport for London has announced the establishment of a procurement framework worth over £70m to hasten the delivery of electric vehicles and charging points. The Mayor of London plans to order 1,000 electric vehicles for the GLA fleet and to secure the installation of 8,500 charging points. 

Transport for London has placed two notices in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) which will create the UK's largest procurement frameworks to date for electric vehicles and electric vehicle charge point infrastructure. 

TfL says that the agreements will speed up delivery of the Mayor's plans by creating a shortlist of approved suppliers, making it easier and cheaper for TfL to buy points and vehicles, and enabling orders to be placed while keeping economical bulk buying prices.

The list will be open to other private and public sector bodies to use to help them progress the take up of electric vehicles quickly and for less money. 

TfL says that the benefits of adopting a procurement framework rather than tendering for a traditional contract is that the required electric vehicle infrastructure can be delivered far quicker via a range of suppliers.

The vehicles and charge points bought through the framework will contribute to the delivery of 25,000 electric vehicle charge points and 1,000 GLA electric vehicles by 2015.

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