Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

Tender description

Nottinghamshire County Council has secured funding from the Department for Transport's Low Emission Bus Scheme, to purchase two electric buses, along with associated tethered plug-in vehicle charging equipment. NCC has been awarded up to 650 000 GBP for these vehicles and associated charging equipment in line with LEBS Calculator issued by the DfT. These zero emission vehicles are to be used on the Council's 510/511 bus services, which are operated in a suburban environment in Nottinghamshire. Each vehicle covers between 130 miles/210 kilometres and 190 miles/306 kilometres per day. The vehicles are interworked between the two routes meaning that the peak vehicle rate is two vehicles. Tenders are invited for the supply of vehicles and equipment, from a single source of supply, using electric, low floor accessible buses, along with associated tethered plug-in charging equipment. The Council's detailed requirements are defined in the invitation to tender documents. The routes are operated in a suburban environment in the Broxtowe Borough of Nottinghamshire. Each vehicle covers between 130 miles/210 kilometres and 190 miles/306 kilometres per day including dead mileage. The vehicles are interworked between the two routes meaning that the peak vehicle rate is two vehicles. Tenders are invited for the supply of vehicles and equipment, from a single source of supply, in respect of operating the bus services detailed within this document, using electric, low floor accessible buses, along with associated tethered plug-in charging equipment. Each vehicle must be certified as a Low Carbon Emissions Bus. The Council's detailed requirements are defined in the invitation to tender documents.