Availability of Electric Medium & Heavy Duty Trucks

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / CPTPP / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Electric Medium & Heavy Duty Trucks

E60HP-20ETRK/A
Serra, Donna
Telephone No. - (613) 297-2635 

Availability of Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks

This notice amendment is to correct the Goods and Services Identificaiton Number (GSIN) only.

1. Background of the Request for Information

The Government of Canada has committed to transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient operations while also reducing environmental impacts beyond carbon. The Greening Government Strategy articulates an ambitious set of goals and commitments to ensure that Canada is a global leader in government operations that are low-carbon, resilient and green. 
This includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions from federal government facilities and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030 (with an aspiration to achieve this target by 2025) and 80% below 2005 levels by 2050 (with an aspiration to be carbon neutral). 
To achieve this target, the government is adopting low-carbon mobility solutions, deploying supporting infrastructure in its facilities, and modernizing its fleet. The Strategy commits to ensuring 75% of new light-duty unmodified fleet vehicle purchases are zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) or hybrids and ensuring that the government’s light-duty administrative fleet comprises at least 80% ZEVs by 2030. ZEVs include battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The government has also established innovative programs - such as the Greening Government Fund and Innovative Solutions Canada - that can support the purchase, testing and use of innovative, low-carbon vehicle solutions. 
 
The federal government is also working to reduce emissions from other parts of its fleet and is interested in exploring HEV and ZEV options for its commercial vehicles, such as medium and heavy duty trucks.

2. Purpose of the Request for Information

Public Service and Procurement Services Canada (PSPC) is launching a Request for Information (RFI) in order to seek information and feedback from suppliers and the industry with regard to the availability of Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks, as described herein.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to achieve the following:

a) Provide industry with an early opportunity to assess, comment and suggest changes to the Department’s Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks procurement strategy in order to procure Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks; (detailed in Annex 1 and 2) 

b)  Determine the capability of suppliers to provide Electric and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks; (detailed in Annex 1 and 2)  

c)   Obtain supplier feedback on any issues that would impact their ability to bid on any Solicitations and/or deliver on the department’s requirements for Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks; (detailed in Annex 1 and 2)

d)  Gather industry knowledge, expertise and recommendations with regard to best practices that would increase the success of the acquisition of Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks and/or identify any risks that would impact the ability to acquire these Vehicles.

e)  Enhance competition, access and fairness of the resulting solicitation, while reducing acquisitions costs by leveraging departmental business volumes, build stronger relationships with the supplier community, improve procurement delivery lead times and increase competition, openness and transparency.

3. Nature of the Request for Information

This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI will not result in the award of any contract. As a result, potential suppliers of any goods or services described in this RFI should not reserve stock or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any information contained in this RFI. Nor will this RFI result in the creation of any source list. Therefore, whether or not any potential supplier responds to this RFI, this will not preclude that supplier from participating in any future  
procurement. Also, the procurement of any of the goods and services described in this RFI will not necessarily follow this RFI. This RFI is simply intended to solicit information and feedback from industry with respect to the matters described in this RFI.

Nothing in this RFI will be construed as a commitment from PSPC to issue a solicitation for this project. PSPC may use non-proprietary information provided in this review and/or in the preparation of any formal solicitation document.

PSPC will not be bound by anything stated herein and reserves the right to change at any time, any or all parts of the requirement, as it deems necessary. PSPC also reserves the right to revise its procurement approach, as it considers appropriate, either based upon information submitted in response to this RFI or for any other reason it deems appropriate.
 

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.