Decision details

RESOLVED:

1.    Agree that SCC undertake a procurement exercise with the aim of appointing a supplier(s) to work in partnership with the Council and its Key Delivery Partners to deliver public EV chargepoints at a large scale across Surrey.

2.    Agree to the establishment of a reference group through the CEH Select Committee which will be engaged to provide scrutiny support to the procurement exercise, including in helping to define the outcomes to be specified in the procurement and the network plan.

3.    Agree to delegate authority to the Executive Director for Environment Transport and Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport and Infrastructure following further engagement to determine the procurement model of a single supplier or suppliers.

4.    Agree to receive a further report to Cabinet (in Q3 of 2022) to ask for a decision to proceed once the outcome of the procurement exercise is known.

Reasons for Decisions:

The recommendations will enable the development and delivery of the vital EV public charging infrastructure necessary to support the transition away from petrol and diesel cars to electric for those without access to other means of charging.  The long-term sole supplier proposal will enable the Council to work in partnership with District and Boroughs and the opportunities to offer access to other public sector and community partners including the NHS.  This would offer increasingly consistent and interoperable chargepoints for EV users in Surrey.  This arrangement would target on-street locations and off-street car park locations.  The contract would be fully funded in most locations by the supplier in return for the supplier retaining the majority of the revenue.  In some cases more profitable sites would cross-subsidise less commercial locations.  Additionally, some sites may be supported by government and where justified SCC funding to achieve a geographically and socially equitable chargepoint network.

(The decisions on this item can be called-in by the Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee)