Electric buses

Description

This is a Periodic Information Notice and not a call for competition. To contribute to the achievement of national policy objectives to transition to a low-carbon economy, the Authority is interested in identifying alternative fuel buses that would suit operation on bus services planned in medium-sized urban centres across the State, often in historic city and town centres. The objective is to reduce the cost of service provision, emissions per passenger carried and national dependence on fossil fuels. The Authority invites interested parties to put forward any innovative ideas and suggestions pertinent to this consultation. The Authority is interested to learn: — the features and attributes of alternative fuel bus types that can be deployed; — the scale and nature of the market's experience of operating services with alternative fuel vehicles in urban environments; and — the type of contract that would be attractive to the market. This is a Periodic Information Notice and not a call for competition. To contribute to the achievement of national policy objectives to transition to a low-carbon economy, the Authority is interested in identifying alternative fuel buses that would suit operation on bus services planned in medium-sized urban centres across the State, often in historic city and town centres. The objective is to reduce the cost of service provision, emissions per passenger carried and national dependence on fossil fuels. The Authority invites service providers, vehicle manufacturers, owners/managers/regulators of alternative fuel infrastructure systems and other interested parties to put forward any innovative ideas and suggestions pertinent to this consultation. The Authority is interested to learn: — the features and attributes of alternative fuel bus types that can be deployed in towns where often environmentally sensitive town centres and other road and street network constraints exist; — the scale and nature of the market's experience of operating services with alternative fuel vehicles in urban environments; and — the type of contract that would be attractive to the market, including consideration of the possibility of a change in vehicle specification during the life of the contract.