Purpose

To note the Stage
2 bid for Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund (LEVI) funding
and to seek approval to accept and spend the funding.

Content

That Cabinet

1.     
Noted the submission of the Stage 2 LEVI bid.
 
Contractual:

2.     
Authorised the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration in
consultation with the s151 Officer and the Cabinet Members for
Transport and Housing Services and Energy to:
i.                   
accept any grant awarded from the LEVI fund to the council (and
enter into any grant agreements and other agreements required to
accept the grant funding with central government and/or
WECAand/or the other WoE authorities and
ii.                  
spend such grant funding in accordance with the objectives of the
LEVI fund set out in this report, including procuring and entering
into all necessary contracts for goods, services or works up to the
limit of the grant funding including a contract for the supply of
EV charge points and infrastructure with a potential duration of up
to 15 years

3.     
Authorised the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration to
invoke any subsequent extensions/variations specifically defined in
the contract(s) being awarded, up to the maximum budget envelope
outlined in this report.

4.     
Authorised the Head of Strategic Procurement & Supplier
Relations to approve appropriate procurement routes to market where
these are not yet fully defined in this report, or if changes to
procurement routes are subsequently required.