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COMmon PROcurement of collective and public service transport clean vehicles

COMmon PROcurement of collective and public service transport clean vehicles. COMPRO. EIE/06/200/SI2.448437. Start: January 2007. Duration: 36 months. What is COMPRO.

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COMmon PROcurement of collective and public service transport clean vehicles

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  1. COMmon PROcurement of collective and public service transport clean vehicles COMPRO EIE/06/200/SI2.448437 Start: January 2007 Duration: 36 months

  2. What is COMPRO The aim of COMPRO is to enhance the development of the clean vehicles market (CNG and hybrid) acting from the demand side. In concrete terms COMPRO analyses the conditions for a common procurement of clean busesat European scale by creating an international buyers consortium of local authorities. Public procurement Green public procurement Common green public procurement Transnational common green public procurement Transnational common green public procurement of buses

  3. The European Framework Since 2006, innovative and green procurement schemes for public transport vehicles as a tool to enhance the clean vehicles market, have been high on the EU agenda. • Commission Staff Working Document, accompanying the Communication “Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential” {COM(2006) 545 final} • Commission Mid-term review of the 2001 Transport White Paper “Keep Europe moving -Sustainable mobility for our continent” {SEC (2006) 768} • CommissionGreen Paper on Urban Transport ‘Towards a new culture for urban mobility’ {SEC(2007) 1209} • Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles of 23 April 2009 • Action Plan on Urban Mobility {SEC(2009) 1211}, {SEC(2009) 1212}

  4. The European Framework_2 European Commission Green Public Procurement (GPP) Training Toolkit (DG Env) There are numerous advantages of joint procurement (for any kind of product): • reduced price through economies of scales • reduced administrative costs for drafting tender documents and managing contracts • pooling of skills and expertise • can help to launch environmentally innovative solutions Seems easy and straightforward! But, more difficult than expected = Learning by doing process.

  5. The ‘Initiators’ COMPRO gathers an initial number of 4 local authorities: • Nantes Metropole (+ Semitan) • Bremen (+BSAG) • Emilia Romagna Region • Gatubolaget (Goteborg) • ISIS as coordinator

  6. A participatory process: involvement of follower cities and influential groups COMPRO Consortium Follower cities Working Group Procurement Management Group • National Bodies (Italian Ministry of Environment, ADEME-F) • Regional Authorities (Regione Emilia Romagna) • Local Authorities (Bremen, Nantes) • Associations of local authorities (Polis, ICLEI, LowCVP) • Operators (UITP, Transdev, Gatubolaget, ATM) • Manufactureres (Bredamenarini, Volvo, MAN, Solaris, Evobus) • EIB • Independent Expert • …. in order to keep COMPRO in line with the options available on the market!

  7. A participatory process: involvement of follower cities and influential groups COMPRO Consortium Follower cities Working Group Procurement Management Group • Main outcomes: • EC directive on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles • Technology neutral approach an absolute requirement • Hybrid has a greater potential compared to CNG • Suggestions on how to involve follower cities • Consensus on the COMPRO approach

  8. A participatory process: involvement of follower cities and influential groups COMPRO Consortium Follower cities Working Group Procurement Management Group City of Angers; City of Milano; City of Barcelona; City of Örebro; City of Bochum; City of Prague (Transport Research Centre) City of Bologna –ATC; City of Stuttgart; City of Burgos City of Tirana (Ministry of Transport); City of Craiova; City of Toulouse City of Hamlstad; The Association of Local Authorities in Skaraborg; City of Karlstad; Upplands Lokaltrafik City of Ljubljana; …. To reinforce the study from the demand side and reach the ‘critical mass’!

  9. The Follower Cities WG

  10. A participatory process: involvement of follower cities and influential groups COMPRO Consortium Follower cities Working Group Procurement Management Group Established in different steps: Questionnaire Call for cities Informative meeting in Bremen (Sept 2008) Letter of Intent Main outcomes: Involvement in practical definition of common bus specifications (results presented afterwards)

  11. The COMPRO Approach Availability from the market BY WHOM

  12. In summary…. • 3 pillars need to be analysed: • Demand side: convergence on common standards/specification • Juridical perspective: homogeneisation of regulatory frameworks • Supply side: attitude of the industry towards buyers consortia • All of them need to receive positive answers to both questions: Is it feasible? Is it convenient?

  13. WHAT to buy? • Reaching a compromise over the technical specifications • Partners’ interest converging towards CNG and mainly hybrid; • But objective to set up a methodology applicable to all technologies • Common technical specifications defined around the UITP tender structure recommendation. 3 steps: • 1st step: gathering specifications from the partners and the follower cities on the basis of the UITP nomenclature; • 2d step: analysis of the specifications, i.e. extraction of a common basis (“common specifications”) and options to be added; • 3d step: feasibility of the common bus: is this demand feasible from the manufacturers’ point of view?

  14. How to buy? • Analysis of : • European and national regulations • UE directives: 2004/17/CE and 2004/18/CE • UE directive proposal: COM(2007) 817 on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles • Past and present Joint Procurement experiences • Legislative and technical tools for COMPRO JP • Full joint procurement • Piggy-backing” joint procurement • Reaching a compromise over the juridical procedure: • Feedback from each partner’s juridical department: • European legislation for public procurement: same rules in each country; • Nothing forbids a common procurement; • But no framework defines the process; • Finalization of a compromise over a joint agreement defining the common procurement process.

  15. By Whom? • Feedback so far: they welcome CP but ‘technology neutral’ • Many elements to be considered: • Need to dispose of the product (high demand could be not met) • Need to ensure maintenance in different countries • Need of warranties • High competition!

  16. Some feedbacks on COMPRO Few of the answers received, according to external cities and regions • suggestions on best available buses technologies; • direct reduction on the prices of vehicles; • definition of which type of bus cities should be purchasing in the next future; • or even availability of new hybrid buses on the market… Also difficult for COMPRO partners, at the beginning… But now, we can present the results!

  17. The Final Conference

  18. Thank you ! ISIS – Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems Via Flaminia, 21 – 00196 Roma Mrs Silvia Gaggi sgaggi@isis-it.com www.isis-it.com EACI Mr Dario Dubolino Dario.Dubolino@ec.europa.euhttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html www.compro-eu.org

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