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        "title": "Manchester City Council Housing Estates: Electric Vehicle Charge Points",
        "description": "Manchester City Council is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to explore the market's capability to provide electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The Council is seeking feedback from prospective providers to help inform the development of any future procurement and to gain a better understanding of available solutions, market capacity, and innovation in this area. This PME exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition. Manchester City Council reserves the right not to proceed with any future procurement arising from this engagement.",
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