Procurement and tender
EV procurement consulting for charging programmes
Independent procurement support for organisations buying EV charging: specification, tender, supplier evaluation and contract. I built and exited the UK's largest dedicated EV installer, so I know how charging suppliers price, where the margin sits and which risks get left with the buyer. No hardware or installer commission, so the specification serves you rather than the supplier.
EV procurement problems I get called about
Quotes you cannot compare
Four suppliers, four different specifications, four different scopes. The cheapest number is usually the one with the most excluded.
A specification written by a supplier
The document came from the vendor who is bidding for the work, so the tender is shaped around one bidder before it even goes out.
Procurement owns it, nobody understands it
Your procurement team is strong on process and has never bought charging infrastructure. The technical risk is invisible inside the evaluation.
The contract stops at commissioning
Hardware is bought, installation is bought, and nobody has priced the seven years of uptime, warranty, spares and software that follow.
EV procurement support, from specification to contract
Requirements and specification
What your estate actually needs, written supplier-neutral, so every bidder prices the same thing and you can read the difference.
Market and supplier shortlist
Who can genuinely deliver at your scale and geography, and who is quoting on hope. A current read on the market, not a directory listing.
Tender and evaluation
Running the process, normalising the bids, and scoring them on total cost of ownership and delivery risk rather than headline price.
Contract and commercial terms
SLAs, uptime guarantees, warranty, spares, software licensing and exit. The terms that decide what year three costs you.
Which charging supplier actually fits?
The right supplier depends on scale, geography, hardware preference and how much of the operation you want to keep in-house. The charging partner comparison gives you a structured read on where each type of supplier fits and what to probe before you issue a tender.
Compare charging partnersHow an EV procurement engagement runs
Week 0
Intro call
Thirty minutes on what you are buying, how many sites, and the date you are working back from.
Weeks 2 to 6
Requirements and specification
Estate review and a supplier-neutral specification the whole market can price against.
Weeks 6 to 16
Tender and evaluation
Shortlist, issue, clarify, normalise the bids and score them on total cost and risk.
Weeks 16 to 20
Recommendation and contract
A recommendation with the risks named, plus support through commercial terms and award.
100,000+
EV charging installations influenced
15+ years
In UK charging and fleet electrification
Founder
Of ChargedEV, built and exited
Board level
NED and fractional engagements
Engagement models
| Model | Commitment | Best for | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specification review | 2 to 4 weeks | A spec already drafted | Supplier-neutral rewrite and a risk read before it goes out |
| Bid evaluation | 4 to 6 weeks | Quotes already on the table | Normalised comparison and a recommendation with risks named |
| Full tender | 12 to 20 weeks | Buying at estate scale | Specification, tender, evaluation and award support |
| Framework or panel design | 16 to 24 weeks | Repeat buying across years | Multi-supplier framework, rate card and governance model |
Current availability
Available for procurement work starting this quarter.
Bid evaluations can usually start within a week, because the documents already exist.
EV procurement questions
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Fleet and depot charging
What you are usually procuring for.
See the pillarInstaller networks
The delivery capability behind every award.
See the pillarCharging partner comparison
Structured read before you shortlist.
Compare partnersChoosing a charging partner
What to probe before supplier selection goes wrong.
Read the guideProof this works
Recent engagements closest to this kind of work.
CPO network expansion
Supplier selection and commercial structure behind a national rollout.
Read the case studyInstaller network quality
What happens when delivery capability is not part of the evaluation.
Read the case studyGet a straight read on what you are buying
Thirty minutes on scope, scale and timing. You will leave knowing whether your specification is ready to go to market, or whether it needs work first.
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