Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Consent
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CONSIDER AWARD OF A CONTRACT SERVICES AND LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH CSG EV, LLC FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON'S CHARGE READY PROGRAM.
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I. SUMMARY
On May 3, 2022, the City Council approved City's participation in Southern California Edison's (SCE) Charge Ready Program to receive free electrical infrastructure for 128 level-2 charging ports at eleven City sites. Under the program, SCE will perform infrastructure work on the utility side and on the customer side of the meter at no cost to the City (i.e., electrical design, permitting, construction and installation of electrical equipment like transformers, switchgear, meters, cabinets and underground conduits, and conductors). A requirement of the program is that the City procure, install, and maintain EV chargers for a 10-year term; however, SCE will provide a rebate to help offset the cost to procure and install EV chargers.
The City released a Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 21-039 on October 7, 2021 for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Solutions and received 17 proposals. The proposals were checked for responsiveness, evaluated, and ranked. The top four proposals were invited to present and participate in interviews.
The top ranked vendor was identified as CSG EV LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carbon Solutions Group (hereinafter, CSG EV LLC shall be referred to as Carbon Solutions Group) who will partner with ChargePoint for chargers and networking and Baker Electric, a C-10 electrical contractor that is Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) certified, to purchase, install, insure, operate, and maintain the EV chargers for a period of 10 years at no cost to the City.
Carbon Solutions Group's proposal ranked high among the internal and external review committee for many reasons. Their team was experienced, the...
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