RFQ: FLEET ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY

Publication date: October 7, 2022

The City of Bainbridge Island (City) seeks qualified professionals to develop a comprehensive, system-wide assessment of electric vehicle needs for the City and to recommend a strategy for a multi-tiered vehicle purchase and replacement process, inclusive of the support facilities required.

Background

The City of Bainbridge Island is located in the State of Washington. Bainbridge Island has an area of 26 square miles, with 52 miles of shoreline, dense forests, mostly rural development patterns, and an estimated population of 25,000. The entire Island is incorporated as one city.

The City has approximately 49 light duty vehicles including cars, vans, half ton, and quarter ton trucks (see Appendix A – Table 1). The 2020 Climate Action Plan includes goals, targets, and recommended actions regarding increasing the use of electrical vehicles and creating the infrastructure to support the transition to electric vehicles. The Climate Action Plan includes an action to “Transition COBI’s fleets to primarily electric vehicles and using biofuels where electric vehicles are not an option….” The City recently purchased its first electric vehicle, a 2022 Mach-