Who Won It

Contract award · 6 Jan 2026

Procurement for the provision, maintenance and operation of on-street Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure

Reading Borough Council awarded “Procurement for the provision, maintenance and…” to Char.gy Limited for £203m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionPublic utilitiesSouth East

BuyerReading Borough Council
Value £203m
WinnerChar.gy Limited SME

Awarded without open competition

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Reading Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Char.gy Limited SME
Value
£202,563,541
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Public utilities · Electricity distribution (CPV 65310000)
Region
South East
Official notice
051360-2026 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date6 Jan 2026
  2. Published1 Jun 2026Published 146 days after the contract date

Description

As stated in the procurement / tender documents

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