The purpose of this document is to provide interested parties with information on how to apply to be considered as a site host for public EV charging according to the specifications set forth within this document. The County intends to use the results of this process to award up to 70 site host contracts consistent with the Office of Energy & Climate Change's Charge Up Dane County program to identify Site Hosts for EV Charging Infrastructure. Consistent with its Charge Up Dane County grant from the US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Dane County is selecting EV charging station host sites to support OECC efforts to expand public EV charging infrastructure across Dane County. Selected host sites will commit to dedicate a portion of their parking to public EV charging in exchange for the County providing EV charging infrastructure. For more details on the site host requirements see Attachment A, Site Host Agreement. OECC's priorities in this RFP is to address EV charging gaps associated with: 1. High-density urban and suburban areas where residents lack access to private charging networks 2. Rural areas where the private charging market is less likely to install charging stations 3. Multi-modal transportation hubs where EV charging can support public and active transit options The Dane County Purchasing Division is the sole point of contact for questions and issues that may arise during the RFP process. Thoughout this document we use the terms "vendor" and "site host" to refer to the entities who will respond to this opportunity and apply to host EV charging stations at a particular site; in some cases a single vendor/site host may apply to host EV charging at more than one location, so there may be more sites than site hosts/vendors.
