Contract award · 19 Feb 2021

Purchase of 50 zero emission 100% electric vehicle wheelchair accessible taxis

Cardiff Council awarded “Purchase of 50 zero emission 100% electric vehicle wheelchair accessible taxis” to Dynamo motor Company Ltd for £2.33m on 19 Feb 2021. Awarded without open competition.

No competition
Buyer
Cardiff Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Dynamo motor Company Ltd SME
Value
£2,325,000
Contract date
19 Feb 2021
Published
19 Feb 2021
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Vehicles & transport equipment · Electric vehicles (CPV 34144900)
Region
Wales
Official notice
003365-2021 on Find a Tender

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

Description

The purchase of 50 zero Emission 100% electric Vehicle wheelchair-accessible taxis for the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR). These vehicles will be made available to the taxi industry to use on a ‘try before you buy’ basis, for a period of 30 days. This pilot is for a 3 year trial and will be aimed at increasing the uptake of 100% electric, zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) taxis in Wales.

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