Evans has been chairman of the club since 2009 and was re-elected for a three-year term at the end of last year.
After apologising for the breakdown of process that led to a pharmacological "arms race" at the club, Evans said he would stand for re-election at the club's annual general meeting in November.
"I am chairman of the board, this has happened under my watch," Evans said as he released the Switkowski report into the club's practices on Monday.
"I act at the pleasure of the members and supporters of this football club and I think they have a right for me to put myself up for re-election and they can make a call as to whether I remain as a board member of the Essendon Football Club."
Evans said "at the moment" he believed he was the right person to remain in the role but he wanted to give Essendon members the chance to make their own call on whether he should continue to lead.
"I made this decision in consultation with my wife, and I feel that it's the right thing to do for our football club in good governance," he said.
Evans also indicated the club was increasingly optimistic the Bombers had not been given any banned supplements in 2012.
The club has been receiving advice from two pharmacological experts since the Bombers fronted the AFL at the start of February.
"They have been advising the board for the last three months and we're getting more and more confident … there was nothing banned that was given to our players," Evans said.
Full details of the entire Switkowski report will be provided only to the Essendon board, the AFL commission and ASADA.
