Decision details
Procurement of 5no. Nissan Leaf e-vehicles on a five year lease contract
Decision Maker: Head of Housing and Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The council’s Climate Change Strategy
2022 – 2026, approved by Council in July 2022, sees the
replacement of all of the council’s diesel vans with a fleet
of e-vehicles as a step on the route towards being a net zero
carbon council by 2030.
Decision:
Enter into a five year contract with Sinclair
Financing and Leasing, procured through The Procurement Partnership
Ltd’s Contract Hire Framework, for the lease of 5no. Nissan
Leaf e-vehicles.
Alternative options considered:
The whole life financial cost of this
replacement e-fleet is forecast to be slightly less than the very
low lease charges the council is currently paying for diesel
vehicles, which are at least 2 years past their anticipated
original lease term. Like for like replacement with newer diesel
vehicles would see an increase in lease costs and potentially
higher fuel costs so the e-vehicles represent Best Value on a whole
life cost basis. In addition, assuming the UK average electricity
generating mix, the e-vehicles will reduce municipal fleet CO2
emissions by 9.8 tonnes per year. If the vehicles are recharged at
Wallfields or from charge points supplied by 100% renewable energy,
then the CO2 saving will be greater (up to 242kg CO2 per year) as
Wallfields and some charging providers are supplied by 100%
certified renewable sources of electricity with zero CO2 emissions.
The Nissan Leaf is also manufactured in the UK at Nissan’s
production facility at Washington and therefore the delivery
journey CO2 emissions are much less than vehicles produced
overseas.
Publication date: 06/12/2022
Date of decision: 05/12/2022
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