Decision details

The Cabinet Member:  

1.    Authorised Peterborough City Council to enter into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Cambridgeshire County Council for the purpose of jointly procuring for a contract relating to Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.  The MOU will cover the procurement period and will expire upon the award following the tender exercise. 

This recommendation has been made to ensure that the Council is able to effectively claim the LEVI grant funding. Delivery of on-street electric vehicle chargers in areas with no off-street parking will assist in removing the barriers to owning an electric vehicle.

A number of alternative options were considered and these were: 

·         Not to go out to procurement - this would waste a valuable opportunity for the Council to deliver on-street electric vehicle chargepoints. The council would lose the grant funding and would fall behind other local authorities who are using the LEVI funding to roll out charge points. 

·         Not running a joint procurement with CCC was considered - but it was the desire of the LEVI funding programme (and a condition of funding) that we collaborate with CCC in order to maximise investment from the private sector. 

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