Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to develop a public procurement framework for electric vehicles. [25961/20]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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With the support of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, the Office of Government Procurement is now finalising centralised procurement arrangements for the direct drawdown of battery electrical vehicle (BEV’s) for both passenger cars and vans. Once in place, public sector bodies will be able to purchase BEVs at competitively fixed prices for the 18 month duration of the arrangements, without the need for further competition. I expect the OGP to have these arrangements in place early in Q4 2020.