Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Wessex Internet SME
- Value
- £13,750,000
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telecommunications network (CPV 32412100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 015280-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jun 2023
- Published14 May 2024Published 322 days after the contract date
Description
The geographic scope of the DPS is UK-wide. Its focus is to target the build of gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure in the final 20% (f20) of the country that is not commercially viable for the market to design, build and operate without government intervention. Following successful admission of Suppliers onto the DPS, Suppliers can tender for Call-Off Contracts. Each Call-Off Contract will vary in terms of number of premises covered, value and geographic coverage. BDUK currently expects the average Call-Off Contract size to be around 1,000 to 8,000 premises.<br/><br/>The DPS will be used by BDUK and will be available to the UK's Devolved Administrations to award Call-Off Contracts. Devolved Administrations refers to the National Assembly for Wales; the Scottish Government; and the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Committ]ee.<br/><br/>The UK Government has confirmed that approximately £5 billion will be allocated to target the final 20% (f20), the hardest to reach parts of…
About the supplier
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