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    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards nationwide EV charging facilities contract to TechFlow

    Nov. 18, 2022
    The $30.4 million agreement will cover 50 installation sites throughout the nation, including Hawaii, Alaska and the Puerto Rico territory.
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    The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded TechFlow the contract to secure and deliver electric vehicle charging stations for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM).

    The $30.4 million agreement is a single-award stand-alone firm fixed price contract for the Procure and Deliver Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities (EVCF) services. It will cover 50 installation sites throughout the nation, including Hawaii, Alaska and the Puerto Rico territory.

    TechFlow will provide the management, labor, equipment, and material for the procurement, delivery, and placement of EVCFs at the selected U.S. IMCOM installations. TechFlow will provide charging services for the zero emission vehicles (ZEVs).

    The firm has chosen Beam Global’s EV ARC 2020 solar electric vehicle (EV) charging system for the sites. The EV ARC systems are off-grid and solar-powered and do not need additional construction or electrical work.

    “From deployment of equipment to supply chain and technical field services, we support customer decision-making on equipment lifecycles, promoting efficiency and reliability, and reducing operational costs through advanced data analytics and technical expertise,” said Mark Carter, TechFlow President and Chief Operating Officer. “We evaluated the requirements of the U.S. Army and determined that the Beam Global EV ARC systems offered the best solution to meet the Army’s challenging off-grid EV charging requirements.”

    The contract award is in line with the Department of Defense goal to transition its non-tactical vehicles to 100% zero emission vehicles, including the light-duty acquisitions by 2027 and medium- and heavy-duty acquisitions by 2035. Some ZEVs are set to be delivered in fiscal year 2022.

    “The ambitious goals to electrify the federal fleet will require an unprecedented build-out of EV charging infrastructure, compressing years of work into days of deployment,” said Desmond Wheatley, Beam Global CEO. “The combination of Beam Global’s technology and TechFlow’s experience on Army bases and working with the federal government in general make the rapid deployment of reliable, sustainable, cost effective EV charging infrastructure about as easy as it could be. We are looking forward to doing a whole lot more together.”

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    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

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