The vendor must provide comprehensive monthly EV and battery data that tracks vehicle sales and battery development on a model-specific basis.Vehicle classes covered by the vendor’s quarterly EV and battery outlook must include: (i) passenger cars (PC) and light duty vehicles (LDV) (ii) buses and coaches, and (iii) medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. The vendor’s quarterly long-term EV and battery outlooks must include: (i) annual sales by major market and vehicle class to 2040 (ii) weighted average battery pack size by vehicle class to 2040 and (iii) battery chemistry market share by vehicle class to 2040 for cathode chemistries. The vendor must provide quarterly long-term electric vehicle (EV) and battery outlooks, including metrics such as market penetration, battery pack size and chemistry by vehicle class, based on robust and informed methodologies.The data and analysis are required monthly and/or quarterly.Īny interested supplier must demonstrate by the way of a statement of capabilities that meets the following requirements:

NRCan requires comprehensive forward-looking data and analysis of EV sales, lithium-ion battery production and charging infrastructure investment. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements).The objective of this requirement is to procure data, analysis and forecasts to provide senior management at NRCan and throughout the federal government with the most up-to-date information on the long-term outlook for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium-ion batteries and charging infrastructure. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) requires current and accurate analysis of critical battery minerals, electric vehicle (EV) motor materials, and EV sales as a basis for policy advice for senior management within NRCan and other federal departments. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities.

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