Low carbon and all-electric vans: final tenders sought in public sector procurement programme

Last week, the Department for Transport (DfT) invited final tenders from short-listed bidders to supply low carbon and all-electric vans under the Low Carbon Vehicles Procurement Programme (LCVPP).

The programme aims to use the public sector's purchasing power and willingness to trial new lower carbon models to help accelerate market introduction of lower carbon vehicle technologies. An initial commitment of £20 million has been made to the scheme. DfT has appointed Cenex - the UK Centre of Excellence for Lower Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies - as the delivery partner and programme manager for this programme. The programme will be delivered in two phases. In phase 1, vehicle suppliers are asked to provide between 10 and 100 vans.