The E-Cargo Bike Grant Program will provide funding for the development and implementation of e-bike deployment projects in communities across the state, with the goal of:

• Shifting short- and medium-length vehicle trips to e-cargo bike trips;
• Maximizing air quality benefits and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions;
• Piloting innovative delivery solutions; and
• Representing the geographic diversity of Colorado communities.

The Community Access Enterprise (CAE), in partnership with Colorado Energy Office (CEO), is soliciting proposals to develop and implement e-cargo bike deployment projects that will use e-cargo bikes as a replacement for commercial delivery vehicles and/or fleet vehicles.  An e-cargo bike program eligible to receive grant funding must follow one of the following models:

• Commercial delivery: Businesses using e-cargo bikes to make commercial deliveries. Businesses can purchase as few as one e-cargo bike for this project. Examples include, but are not limited to: parcel delivery for commercial and residential buildings, grocery delivery, institutional wholesale deliveries, retail logistics delivery, and on demand delivery services.
• Public shared e-cargo bikes: Project creates or expands a public shared e-bike program that includes e-cargo bikes. This could include public e-cargo bike rental hubs or an e-cargo bike library. 
• Gig economy delivery services: Project disburses e-cargo bikes to low-income individuals that participate in the gig economy, where e-cargo bikes are used to make deliveries through a delivery app service (e.g. Door Dash, Postmates, Instacart, etc).
• E-cargo bike fleet: Private or public entities using e-cargo bikes for business purposes other than deliveries, such as to carry equipment and tools needed to complete job tasks. Examples include, but are not limited to: law enforcement patrol, maintenance technicians, telecom engineers, and compost collection.

Please submit full applications via email to sarah.thorne@state.co.us no later than 5:00 PM MT on Friday, May 31, 2024.

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If you have any issues accessing the RFA documents, please reach out to sarah.thorne@state.co.us.

Questions

Questions may be submitted until 5:00 PM MT on Thursday, May 9, 2024. CEO will post answers to questions submitted during the Q&A period byTuesday, May 14, 2024.

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