Contract award · 25 Mar 2024

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme DPS Lot 15 West Herefordshire

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology awarded “Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme DPS Lot…” to Full Fibre Ltd for £23.4m.

Postal & telecoms servicesWest Midlands

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
Full Fibre Ltd SME
Value
£23,438,999
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Sector
Postal & telecoms services · Telecommunications services (CPV 64200000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date25 Mar 2024
  2. Published14 May 2024Published 50 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 Committee.<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 …

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