Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Government · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- GoFibre Holdings Limited SME
- Value
- £26,201,841
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telecommunications network (CPV 32412100)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 006858-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2024
- Published21 Feb 2025Published 143 days after the contract date
Description
In March 2021, the UK Government announced an ambition to deliver nationwide gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure, recognising that there is a need for government intervention in the parts of the country that are not commercially viable. They have committed a total of 5 billion GBP to ensure that all areas of the UK can benefit. This will be spent through a package of coordinated and mutually supportive interventions, collectively known as Project Gigabit, with an initial intervention of 1.2 billion GBP targeting at least 85% gigabit coverage of the UK by 2025 and nationwide gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure by 2030. As part of Project Gigabit, the Scottish Government is working with Building Digital UK (BDUK) to deliver contracts to suppliers delivering gigabit-capable wholesale infrastructure in Scotland. This procurement approach will be a successor to the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme and work in parallel with the Scottish Government’s current Reaching …
About the supplier
GoFibre Holdings Limited: every public contract they have won.