DATE:
August 16, 2022
13
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - AUTHORIZATION FOR SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SERVICES (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
The Department of General Services Fleet Management Division (Fleet) is responsible for managing the County of San Diego's fleet of approximately 4,300 vehicles and equipment. On April 10, 2019 (8), the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors (Board) directed the Chief Administrative Officer to develop an Electric Vehicle (EV) Roadmap with goals that collectively aim to increase EV ownership and charging infrastructure installation within the unincorporated area. To further reduce the County's fleet of gas-powered vehicles, the targeted outcome is to increase the number of EVs in the County's fleet to 501 vehicles by 2027.
Efficient and easy access to EV charging outside of the availability of County infrastructure is essential for departments to accomplish their mission. The County has 84 EVs in service. A total of 119 EVs are on order for 11 departments from FY 2021-22. There are 61 EVs already projected in FY 2022-23 for a total of 264 projected EVs in service by 2024. Fleet currently uses AssetWorks (M-5) as the Fleet Management System to manage all operations. ChargePoint, Inc. (CPI) is the provider for electric vehicle charging equipment and services for County infrastructure. CPI allows all charging transactions, through the use of ChargePoint Cards, to be integrated into M-5 and provides continuity in Fleet's ability to monitor and report these transactions. The request for a single source contract with CPI for electric vehicle charging services would provide access to over 2,400 public charging stations for County fleet vehicles to Charge-and-Go in the areas without County-owned EV infrastructure, increasing flexibility for mobile neighborhood services. Standardization with CPI will help speed transition to an electric fleet, increase productivit...
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