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Expanding the Publicly Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Network in Glasgow City Region

Glasgow City Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:34.

Opportunity overview

Glasgow City Council, as the Lead Authority on behalf of the following eight Member Authorities (MAs) in Glasgow City Region, (East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, and West Dunbartonshire) is seeking to award a contract to one Charge Point Operator (CPO), on behalf of the MAs. The CPO will be required to provide a full Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) turnkey service via 20-year concession contract which will include both the migration of around 627 existing charge points and minimum of 3034 new charge points at council owned assets and on-street locations. The services shall consist of Supply, Installation, Maintenance of Charging infrastructure and Back Office Services for publicly accessible charge points for all eight MAs. It is expected that a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation will be applied to the award of the contract in accordance with Regulation 27(4)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The contracting authority, however, reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tender without further negotiation. (Please refer to Document Two-ITP - section 2.2.1)

Classification

  • CPV09310000 — Electricity
  • CPV30162000 — Smart cards
  • CPV30163000 — Charge cards
  • CPV31000000 — Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
  • CPV31158000 — Chargers
  • CPV31158100 — Battery chargers
  • CPV31158200 — Supercharger
  • CPV31158300 — Turbocharger
  • CPV31610000 — Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles
  • CPV31680000 — Electrical supplies and accessories
  • CPV31681500 — Rechargers
  • CPV31682000 — Electricity supplies
  • CPV34144900 — Electric vehicles
  • CPV34920000 — Road equipment
  • CPV34923000 — Road traffic-control equipment
  • CPV34996300 — Control, safety or signalling equipment for parking facilities
  • CPV38730000 — Parking meters
  • CPV42992000 — Special-purpose electrical goods
  • CPV45213312 — Car park building construction work
  • CPV45223300 — Parking lot construction work
  • CPV45233120 — Road construction works
  • CPV45233270 — Parking-lot-surface painting work
  • CPV45233290 — Installation of road signs
  • CPV45233291 — Installation of bollards
  • CPV45310000 — Electrical installation work
  • CPV45314300 — Installation of cable infrastructure
  • CPV48444100 — Billing system
  • CPV50200000 — Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment
  • CPV50230000 — Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment
  • CPV50324100 — System maintenance services
  • CPV51100000 — Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
  • CPV51110000 — Installation services of electrical equipment
  • CPV51214000 — Installation services of parking meter equipment
  • CPV63712600 — Vehicle refuelling services
  • CPV65300000 — Electricity distribution and related services
  • CPV65320000 — Operation of electrical installations
  • CPV71241000 — Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
  • CPV71322500 — Engineering-design services for traffic installations
  • CPV72253000 — Helpdesk and support services
  • CPV72267100 — Maintenance of information technology software
  • CPV79342300 — Customer services

Lots

  • In alignment with the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland’s vision for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI), the Glasgow City Region(GCR) member authorities aim to support the expansion of a comprehensive network of publicly accessible EVCI across the region. This expansion will be driven by leveraging private sector expertise and capital. It creates a charging network that complements standalone private investment beyond the scope of this initiative. In doing so, GCR aims to work with a CPO through a concession contract that will deliver a comprehensive, convenient, reliable and accessible charging network that meets the needs of users. The CPO will install, own, maintain and operate the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and any Ancillary Equipment other than that which the Member Authorities have a regulatory duty to adopt. The CPO will be entitled to charge Electric Vehicle Owners for use of the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. The CPO will be responsible for financing the costs of designing, purchasing, installing, operating, maintaining and upgrading of EV infrastructure net of any capital funding made available to the CPO by the council through the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund or with the local authorities of the GCR as may be agreed with them on an ad-hoc basis. The contract will include: i.The migration of 627 chargepoints across 305 locations for standard, fast and rapid chargepoints onto the CPO’s back-office system.This will require to take place within a 3-month period in order to meet the deadline of the ending of the Charge Place Scotland service. ii. Installation and operation of a minimum of 3,034 additional chargepoints on sites owned or controlled by the MAs (car parks and on-street locations) to be agreed between the MAs and CPO following contract award. To ensure the equitable geographic deployment of new charge points throughout GCR, the deployment programme will require to be undertaken across the 8 MAs at an annual rate proportionate to a MA’s population share within GCR so that the delivery does not favour one geographic area over another.It may also include the installation of additional sites which can be requested by the Lead Authority or proposed by the CPO. Completion timeline period for the new installation of the 3,034 additional charge points is expected to be up to 5 years from contract signing. The contract term will be 20 years. Turnover - at the present time it is estimated that the turnover, over the 20-year contract term and based on an assumption of inflation at 2.5% per annum, will be in the region of GBP 785 million (excluding VAT). Grant Funding - Glasgow City Council, on behalf of the 8 MAs has been allocated a grant of up to GBP 3,300,000 from Transport Scotland’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund to in connection with the delivery of the project. Bidders are requested to review Document Two - Invitation to Participate which contains the details of the minimum requirements for this procurement within section 3.£785m

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
GCC005902CPU
Status
active
Has Recurrence
Yes
Review Details
Glasgow City Council must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all Bidders and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent, when sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of dispatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 50 of the Concessions Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (“the Regulations”). The Council is obliged to comply with the Regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the Council must not enter into the contract unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of; or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic Operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
32014L0023
Scheme
CELEX

Recurrence

Description
24 months prior to the expire of the contract

Tender Period

Ends
3 Feb 2026, 12:00

Contract terms

Performance Terms
Full details of the Terms and Conditions relating to this contract will be identified and provided at ITT/ITSIB stage.

Classification

Id
65300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electricity distribution and related services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Description
In alignment with the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland’s vision for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI), the Glasgow City Region(GCR) member authorities aim to support the expansion of a comprehensive network of publicly accessible EVCI across the region. This expansion will be driven by leveraging private sector expertise and capital. It creates a charging network that complements standalone private investment beyond the scope of this initiative. In doing so, GCR aims to work with a CPO through a concession contract that will deliver a comprehensive, convenient, reliable and accessible charging network that meets the needs of users. The CPO will install, own, maintain and operate the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and any Ancillary Equipment other than that which the Member Authorities have a regulatory duty to adopt. The CPO will be entitled to charge Electric Vehicle Owners for use of the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. The CPO will be responsible for financing the costs of designing, purchasing, installing, operating, maintaining and upgrading of EV infrastructure net of any capital funding made available to the CPO by the council through the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund or with the local authorities of the GCR as may be agreed with them on an ad-hoc basis. The contract will include: i.The migration of 627 chargepoints across 305 locations for standard, fast and rapid chargepoints onto the CPO’s back-office system.This will require to take place within a 3-month period in order to meet the deadline of the ending of the Charge Place Scotland service. ii. Installation and operation of a minimum of 3,034 additional chargepoints on sites owned or controlled by the MAs (car parks and on-street locations) to be agreed between the MAs and CPO following contract award. To ensure the equitable geographic deployment of new charge points throughout GCR, the deployment programme will require to be undertaken across the 8 MAs at an annual rate proportionate to a MA’s population share within GCR so that the delivery does not favour one geographic area over another.It may also include the installation of additional sites which can be requested by the Lead Authority or proposed by the CPO. Completion timeline period for the new installation of the 3,034 additional charge points is expected to be up to 5 years from contract signing. The contract term will be 20 years. Turnover - at the present time it is estimated that the turnover, over the 20-year contract term and based on an assumption of inflation at 2.5% per annum, will be in the region of GBP 785 million (excluding VAT). Grant Funding - Glasgow City Council, on behalf of the 8 MAs has been allocated a grant of up to GBP 3,300,000 from Transport Scotland’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund to in connection with the delivery of the project. Bidders are requested to review Document Two - Invitation to Participate which contains the details of the minimum requirements for this procurement within section 3.

Value

Amount
785,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Criterion 2
Name
price
Criterion 3
Name
Sustainability

Contract period

Duration In Days
7,200

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Glasgow City, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, South Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM82
Entry 2
Region
UKM81
Entry 3
Region
UKM83
Entry 4
Region
UKM84
Entry 5
Region
UKM95

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
31158100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Battery chargers
Entry 2
Id
31158000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Chargers
Entry 3
Id
31158200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Supercharger
Entry 4
Id
31158300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Turbocharger
Entry 5
Id
31681500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Rechargers
Entry 6
Id
09310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electricity
Entry 7
Id
31610000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles
Entry 8
Id
30163000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Charge cards
Entry 9
Id
30162000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Smart cards
Entry 10
Id
31000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Entry 11
Id
31682000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electricity supplies
Entry 12
Id
34144900
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electric vehicles
Entry 13
Id
34920000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road equipment
Entry 14
Id
34923000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road traffic-control equipment
Entry 15
Id
34996300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Control, safety or signalling equipment for parking facilities
Entry 16
Id
38730000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Parking meters
Entry 17
Id
42992000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Special-purpose electrical goods
Entry 18
Id
45223300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Parking lot construction work
Entry 19
Id
45233120
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road construction works
Entry 20
Id
45233270
Scheme
CPV
Description
Parking-lot-surface painting work
Entry 21
Id
45233290
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation of road signs
Entry 22
Id
45310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electrical installation work
Entry 23
Id
45314300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation of cable infrastructure
Entry 24
Id
48444100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Billing system
Entry 25
Id
50200000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment
Entry 26
Id
50230000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment
Entry 27
Id
50324100
Scheme
CPV
Description
System maintenance services
Entry 28
Id
51100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
Entry 29
Id
51110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation services of electrical equipment
Entry 30
Id
51214000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation services of parking meter equipment
Entry 31
Id
63712600
Scheme
CPV
Description
Vehicle refuelling services
Entry 32
Id
65300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electricity distribution and related services
Entry 33
Id
65320000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Operation of electrical installations
Entry 34
Id
71241000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Entry 35
Id
72253000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Helpdesk and support services
Entry 36
Id
79342300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Customer services
Entry 37
Id
31680000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electrical supplies and accessories
Entry 38
Id
45213312
Scheme
CPV
Description
Car park building construction work
Entry 39
Id
45233291
Scheme
CPV
Description
Installation of bollards
Entry 40
Id
71322500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Engineering-design services for traffic installations
Entry 41
Id
72267100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Maintenance of information technology software

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-73933
Name
Glasgow City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKM82
Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G2 1DU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
40 John St, City Chambers

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Glasgow City Council

Contact

Name
Mrs Raji K Purba
Telephone
+44 1412872000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-964
Name
Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G5 9DA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
PO BOX 23 1 Carlton Place

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

Contact

Fax Number
+44 1412879399
Telephone
+44 1412879077

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Glasgow · UKM82 · G2 1DU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM81
  • Delivery location · UKM82
  • Delivery location · UKM83
  • Delivery location · UKM84
  • Delivery location · UKM95

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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