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Electric Vehicle ‘EV’ Charging Infrastructure Solutions for Belfast City Council ‘BCC’

Belfast City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 04:17.

Opportunity overview

The purpose of this pre-market engagement (PME) exercise is to help Belfast City Council ‘the Council’ better understand the levels of competition, capability and capacity in the marketplace to provide EV charging infrastructure solutions across the Council’s estate/sites. All information returned, as part of a questionnaire, will assist in the development of the specification, evaluation criteria, pricing structure, and contract award options to ensure this tender opportunity delivers a high quality service to the Council.

Classification

  • CPV31158000 — Chargers
  • CPV51110000 — Installation services of electrical equipment
  • CPV65320000 — Operation of electrical installations

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
T2611
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2025, 23:59

Special regime

concession

Additional Procurement Categories

goods

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Jan 2030, 23:59
Starts
1 Feb 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN06
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
51110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation services of electrical equipment
Entry 2
Id
65320000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Operation of electrical installations
Entry 3
Id
31158000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Chargers

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
032140-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
13 Jun 2025, 09:31

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
4 Jul 2025, 23:59
Description
The purpose of this pre-market engagement (PME) exercise is to help Belfast City Council ‘the Council’ better understand the levels of competition, capability and capacity in the marketplace to provide EV charging infrastructure solutions across the Council’s estate/sites. All information returned will assist in the development of the specification, evaluation criteria, pricing structure, and contract award options to ensure this tender opportunity delivers a high quality service to the Council. Suppliers are asked to return their completed PME questionnaires on or before 5pm Friday 4th July 2025. A copy of the PME questionnaire is available by emailing cps@belfastcity.gov.uk. If you have any questions about this requirement please send them to cps@belfastcity.gov.uk and we will endevour to respond as quickly as possible. Please return completed PME questionnaires by email to cps@belfastcity.gov.uk by the closing date indicated above. Upon receipt of the PME questionnaire responses, the Council will review them and consider the best procurement strategy for this requirement. The Council reserves the right to contact any or all organisations who responds to this PME questionnaire to further discuss the contents of their response. The Council cannot guarantee that all organisations will be contacted who submit a PME questionnaire response. The intention would then be to advertise the tender opportunity to the market in line with the indiciative timetable included in the PME questionnaire. The Council uses eSourcing NI as its etendering platform. If you are not yet registered with eSourcing NI we would suggest you do so without delay. The Council is currently considering using the CCS framework RM612 DPS - Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Solutions (VCIS) - CCS to procure this opportunity. We would welcome feedback in the questionnaire about the suitablitiy of this DPS for procuring this requirement. Whilst the Council will endevour to keep any respondents to this PME questionnaire informed on developments of the tender process, the Council cannot guarantee this. Organisations are advised to register with eSourcing NI in order to see any advertised tender opportunties as well as regularly checking the Council’s website for opportunities. The Council reserves the right to discontinue any discussions or tender procedures at any time and are not liable for any costs incurred by suppliers associated with participating in this PME exercise.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PQXY-5321-CGZM
Name
Belfast City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKN06
Country
GB
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT2 8DJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
9-21 Adelaide Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Id
GB-NIR
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
PQXY-5321-CGZM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Lewis Murray

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT2 8DJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN06 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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