Barcelona: Flexible charging points in underground car parks

Background

BSM – Car parks.

The B:SM municipal car park network, which has over 40 public car parks and 15,000 parking spaces all over the city, has become established as an affordable and effective solution making parking available to the city’s residents and users. A network that provides a wide range of parking solutions and products and a quality management (ISO 9001 certified)

Endolla BSM

Endolla manages the electric vehicle public charging infrastructure in Barcelona city. In order to make the charging network strong and ensure it provides coverage, Endolla has charging points for electric motorbikes with Schuko connectors and fast charging points for electric vans and cars using Chademo, CCS and Mennekes connectors on the public highway, as well as slow charging points for electric cars and motorbikes using Schuko and Mennekes connectors in BSM underground car parks.

The challenge

The challenge is to achieve flexible charging points, i.e. charging points that can be used in various spaces within a car park, and so are not limited to being in a fixed position.

A solution providing more flexible charging points would have many benefits for both BSM and the company that ultimately takes on this challenge.

For BSM, it entails:

• Ability to deploy charging points without the need to be linked to a specific space and to provide coverage for several parking spaces.
• Having a solution that is better adapted to the demand for charging e-vehicles in turnover parking spaces, in order to offer city residents a more flexible, efficient service.
• The cost associated with equipment, making more efficient use of the electricity infrastructure and avoiding over-sizing.
• Helping encourage citizens to adopt electric mobility in their personal mobility.
• Having a real experience of a flexible charging point in car parks. As a result of this experience, determining the technical and economic viability of the product.
• Having an economic deployment, operation and maintenance model that is viable both for BSM and for users of the charging service.

For the successful bidder, it entails:

• The ability to have a technical solution that has been validated and tested in the real world in the car parks managed by BSM.
• The ability to have a benchmark experience in the field of flexible electric vehicle charging points in car parks.
• Greater visibility and a better market position as a result of having a tested innovative solution that can be implemented in car parks in a city, such as Barcelona, that sets trends in the technology sector.
• Having a solution that could be submitted in other possible BSM tenders.
• Having a solution that meets a global challenge of interest to both public administrations and private companies at both national and international levels.

The objective

The objective of the contract is to implement an innovative pilot solution (involving developing, testing and implementing) that meets the challenge of providing flexible charging points for underground car parks managed by BSM.

A flexible charging point is one that can provide a charging service without being linked to a fixed parking space. This point must be able to cover a maximum distance of 50 metres for a continuous row of parking spaces and a minimum distance equivalent to 6 car spaces (approximately 15 metres).

The proposed solution must respond to the above-mentioned requirements by being able to charge at least one vehicle simultaneously in this row of parking spaces covered by the flexible charging point. In any event, the contract resulting from this procedure will place the Successful Bidder under the obligation to manufacture ONE (1) flexible charging point, which will be tested during the pilot stage and that once the contract period is over, the winning bidder will be able to recover.

The solution to this challenge must meet the minimum requirements contained in section "4. Scope" of the tender specifications.

Published on 20 July. Note: This opportunity refers to contract notice "2022PGIS162CP".