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RFI 4354 - Market Sounding for Battery-Electric Refuse Collection Trucks and Operational Trials

Solicitation number BC4354

Publication date

Closing date and time 2026/09/08 19:00 EDT

Status Status Open

Description
The City of Nanaimo is seeking information from vendors of electric refuse collection vehicles who are prepared to provide vehicle information, deliver a vehicle to the City, provide operator orientation, and leave the vehicle with the City for a seven (7) day operational demonstration.

The City wishes to learn more about commercially available electric refuse collection vehicles and gain firsthand operating experience under typical municipal collection conditions. Further details regarding the information package and demonstration requirements are outlined in Section 4.0 of the RFI.

This RFI is intended to gather information that could assist the City in a potential future procurement process.

All bid documents are available on the City of Nanaimo bids&tenders:

https://nanaimo.bidsandtenders.ca/Module/Tenders/en/Tender/Detail/d417320d-5c2a-421e-9401-9e24cf224c08

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Contact information

Contracting organization

Organization
City of Nanaimo
Address
2020 Labieux Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9T 3K7
Canada
Contracting authority
Tarun Wadhwa
Email
tarun.wadhwa@nanaimo.ca
Address
2020 Labieux Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9T 3K7
Canada
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Summary information

Notice type
Other
Language(s)
English

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