Workhorse Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded a Sourcewell contract for procurement in the category of Class 4-8 chassis and cabs with related equipment, accessories, and services. This allows Workhorse to expand its reach to government, educational, and nonprofit sectors within all 50 states and Canada.
“We are honored to be awarded by Sourcewell as an approved provider,” said Ryan Gaul, Workhorse president of Commercial Vehicles. “Sourcewell's streamlined purchasing process satisfies the legal requirement of the traditional bidding process, enabling our customers to quickly and efficiently acquire zero-emission vehicles that meet their operational requirements.”
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Sourcewell is a government agency created by the Minnesota legislature as a local unit of government (Minn. Const. art. XII, sec. 3) and serves as a service cooperative. It is dedicated to streamlining the procurement process and combines the purchasing power of numerous agencies into a single cooperative group. Their contracts are competitively solicited to meet the public bidding requirements of participating entities. Workhorse was awarded a Sourcewell contract following a rigorous request for proposal process resulting in contracts that meet, or exceed, local procurement requirements.
As an awarded contract supplier, Workhorse one of a group of vendors approved to serve Sourcewell’s network of members across the United States and Canada. Sourcewell participants now have streamlined access to Workhorse's portfolio of all-electric medium-duty vehicles, including the W56 step van, W750 step van, and W4 CC cab chassis.