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To award a contract to Motus
Commercials for the supply of:
 
2 x
Ford E Transit Trend 425 L3 H1 Chassis Cabs c/w MVCS Cage Tipping
Bodies (Spec 1) @ £67,730.12 plus VAT and 1st Ref
Fee of £55.00 at a total cost of
£135,570.24.
plus
1 x
Ford E Transit Trend 425 L3 H1 Chassis Cabs c/w MVCS Cage Tipping
Body (Removable Sides) (Spec 2) @ £68,049.12 plus VAT and
1st Reg Fee of
£55.00
 

Total cost: £203,674.36
 
Pricing includes the current
OZEV Grant of £5,000 which can be removed at any
time.

Reasons for the decision

The Council’s service provider Ubico, delivers
environmental services including manual removal of weeds with
vehicular support and other grounds maintenance
activities.

 

The vehicles being replaced are now old and at the
end of their natural life meaning they are becoming unreliable and
expensive to maintain, or have already been taken off the road and
disposed of due to break down.

 

These internal combustion engine vehicles are
considered suitable to be replaced with electric
vehicles.

 

The Cabinet report dated 30
November 2021, which approved the transition to electric vehicles
or the use of HVO instead of diesel to support net zero
refers.  The report also acknowledges
that HVO is an interim step until, in the longer term, alternative
charging/fuelling infrastructure is available at the depot site for
the whole fleet, including heavy goods vehicles and equipment.
Fortunately, these new vehicles will be electric.

 

Procurement was undertaken by Ubico via the TPPL
framework.
 

Alternative options considered

Officers have considered whether the service could
continue to be delivered without these vehicles and concluded that
it could not.  As set out above
alternative fuel types were considered and electric was considered
suitable to replace the previous internal combustion engine
vehicles fuelled by diesel.  There are
sufficient charging points at Swindon Road to accommodate these
additional vehicles.