The General Services Administration (GSA) said it has finalized authorizations for electric vehicle supply equipment (ESVE) vendors Chargie and Chargepoint to operate inside government systems, which will allow the two companies to become authorized under GSA’s FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) program.
Those FedRAMP authorizations, GSA said, give “assurance to federal agency partners that electric vehicle charging stations have their security measures fully vetted and authorized through the agency’s blanket purchase agreement.”
“This is a big deal for both the EVSE industry as well as our federal partners purchasing charging stations,” said Robin Carnahan, administrator at the GSA.
“Our customers have an extra level of assurance now that these companies will receive FedRAMP authorization. It’s a win for small businesses and for expanding our country’s vehicle electrification infrastructure,” she added.
The new authorizations are seen as a step in the right direction to help shift the Federal government’s vehicle fleet to become more sustainable as well as help the Biden administration reach its Investing in America agenda goals.
GSA said it is working to authorize six more EVSE vendors later this year.
“Once something has gone through the FedRAMP process, and meets the government’s strenuous security standards, it’s ready to be deployed by agencies,” stated Carnahan during a public panel at the DC Auto Show earlier this month.
“At the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, the federal fleet included fewer than 2,000 ZEVs [zero-emission vehicles], out of 600,000 vehicles overall,” GSA said. “Over the past three years, the federal government has ordered over 54,000 ZEVs and has begun installing more than 26,000 charging ports in the near term, adding to the 7,000 already in use across the government.”
