The tender models help municipalities that want to award contracts for constructing and operating charging infrastructure. They contain all the documents and forms usually required and can be easily customised with the aid of accompanying explanations.
Dagmar Fehler, CEO and spokesperson of NOW GmbH: “Municipalities in Germany are currently tackling a multitude of major tasks at the same time. The construction of charging infrastructure is to a large extent, not the top priority. Nevertheless, the approximately 11,000 municipalities are key players in advancing the issue of charging. We are therefore offering them targeted support: with the practical tender models of the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure we want to make their daily work noticeably easier and accelerate local expansion. This means we are coming closer to the goal of comprehensive, reliable, charging infrastructure.”
Municipal employees can download and use the tender models for free on the website of the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure. They will have access to the following customizable documents:
- Statement of work for the construction and operation of public charging infrastructure,
- Forms to be distributed to bidders (e.g. for obtaining references in charging infrastructure development),
- Criteria to determine the suitability of bidders,
- An evaluation matrix for the assessment of the offers submitted,
- Sample contracts for the installation and operation of charging infrastructure as well as the necessary special use permits for public road space.
The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure is expanding its existing support services for municipalities with the advent of these sample documents. In addition to the Guidelines on the awarding and licensing of charging infrastructure for municipal actors, the TOOLBox is particularly relevant here. Here, municipalities find everything that they need to know for the development of charging infrastructure – specially designed to be concise, free, and geared towards municipalities. The TOOLBox website also provides concrete figures on the current state of expansion in each municipality in Germany and forecasts future demand for charging infrastructure up until 2035.
