BMVI starts tendering for the Germany fast charging network.
The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is launching the tender for the Deutschlandnetz. Now companies and corporate consortia can enter the competition for the contract to set up and operate around 900 fast-charging locations throughout Germany.
The Deutschlandnetz is intended to ensure the basic supply of fast-charging infrastructure for medium- and long-haul traffic with around 8,000 additional fast-charging points.
It complements the already existing large fast-charging locations and thus ensures a nationwide and needs-based fast charging infrastructure throughout Germany.
Andreas Scheuer, Federal Transport Minister:
Charging anytime and anywhere, that’s our goal.
“We are taking the next big step with the launch of the tender for the Deutschlandnetz. With the Deutschlandnetz, we are creating market-based competition that leads to the development of fast-charging infrastructure precisely where we need it most urgently – on medium- and long-distance journeys throughout the country.”
“Our approach is unique in the world and massively strengthens the transition. Fast charging points must be accessible nationwide within ten minutes and the payment methods must be simple and uniform. This is the only way to get people excited about climate-friendly electromobility.”
Kurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff, Managing Director NOW GmbH:
The Deutschlandnetz is the most important building block in our strategy for the ‘overall charging infrastructure system’.
“In this way, we are now erasing ‘white spots’ on the charging map across the board and laying the foundation for the fast charging network of the future. After all, the great era of electromobility is just beginning. From the very beginning, the Deutschlandnetz has ensured that our country masters this transformation in an exemplary manner.”
The construction and operation of the Deutschlandnetzes will be awarded in two separate tenders. The first tender, which has now been launched, focuses on 900 search rooms for fast charging locations in 23 regional lots covering the whole of Germany.
In a second call for tenders, the construction and operation of around 200 fast-charging locations at unmanaged rest areas on the federal motorways will be put out to tender. The invitation to tender for the nationwide motorway lots will be issued by Autobahn GmbH in autumn.
The first phase of the call for applications will take place as a so-called participation competition with an application deadline of 6 weeks. After the examination and evaluation of the requests to participate, the invitation to submit the initial offer to the remaining bidders will then be issued. The negotiations then take place.
The final surcharges for the individual bids are expected in the third quarter of 2022. The procurement documents will be available from this afternoon via the Federal Government’s e-procurement platform www.evergabe-online.de.
The 900 search areas of the regional lot are spread over a total of 6 regions (North-West, North-East, Central Germany, South-East, South-West and West) and specify a specific area, e.B. around a traffic junction.
A fast charging location with at least four and up to 16 fast charging points is to be created in each search room. Bidders must bring in or find suitable locations within these search spaces. This procedure is aimed at regionally active operators as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
An interactive map with the search rooms can be found at: www.deutschlandnetz.de
The step from funding to tendering is a paradigm shift in state support for the expansion of charging infrastructure in Germany.
In addition to the BMVIfunding programmes for public and non-public charging infrastructure, there is now an approach in which the construction and guarantee of the operation of the charging points are contractually binding for the winners of the tender procedure.
In addition, the BMVI also defines future-proof technical minimum requirements at the locations of the Deutschlandnetzes, such as a minimum charging power of 200 kW available at each charging point, quality standards and a flexible price upper limit based on the market and the electricity price, and ensures compliance with them. The evaluation criteria for the bids include cost, concept and customer friendliness.
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BMVI launches tender for the Deutschlandnetz, October 1, 2021
