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Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, through Building Digital UK, procured the design and deployment of gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure in Oxfordshire for premises outside suppliers’ commercial rollout plans. The aim is to extend reliable wholesale broadband services to hard-to-reach areas where commercial investment is unlikely. This is network build work, rather than a general telecommunications service: suppliers are expected to develop infrastructure that enables premises to connect to gigabit-capable internet. The procurement formed part of the government’s Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy programme. Its scope focused on the Oxfordshire regional supplier contract, with delivery in Oxfordshire.

The procurement is complete and contracts have been awarded through a restricted procedure under a dynamic purchasing system. Gigaclear Limited was selected for the Oxfordshire 13.02 contract. Its latest reported contract value is £8,201,767. The contract period runs from 13 November 2023 to 30 November 2033, and the contract was signed on 13 November 2023. Bids were assessed on quality and price, weighted 65% and 35% respectively; variant bids were not permitted. The process had a single lot. The tender deadline was 15 July 2021. The contract is structured around design, network build, and monitoring and clawback stages. Amendments reduced the contracted scope to 3,878 premises, with the latest value reflecting that change.

This award demonstrates demand for suppliers able to design, build and operate gigabit-capable broadband networks in areas that are not commercially viable without public subsidy. A credible competitor would need the engineering and delivery capacity to extend fibre or other suitable network infrastructure to dispersed, hard-to-reach premises, alongside the ability to provide sustainable wholesale broadband services. The buyer’s model rewards quality more heavily than price, so evidence of robust technical design, dependable construction delivery and long-term network operation is commercially relevant, as is a competitive cost base. The contract’s staged approach also favours suppliers able to manage design, build, monitoring and subsidy clawback obligations over a long operating horizon. Previous awards to both SME and larger network providers show that scale alone is not the defining feature; delivery capability and a viable regional network proposition matter.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GIS Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Oxfordshire 13.02

Notice Description

Deployment of infrastructure that will facilitate access to gigabit capable internet connections to premises which are not expected to be otherwise covered by suppliers' commercial plans. This procurement is for the award of a Regional Supplier Contract in the Borders and East Lothian area. This is part of the Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy scheme.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy programme is a government programme aimed to support the build of gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure in the areas of the UK which are unlikely to attract commercial investment for gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure within a reasonable timeframe, if at all, referred to as the final 20% (f20). Building Digital UK (BDUK, an Executive agency of DCMS) will be targeting its market intervention in these areas of the UK via this subsidy award programme, to subsidise the build of gigabit-capable networks providing long-term, sustainable availability of wholesale gigabit broadband services in the hardest to reach parts of the UK. The Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy programme builds on the success of existing programmes being delivered by BDUK to deliver gigabit-capable networks across the UK. It is envisaged this programme will last for up to 9 years and award contracts throughout that period.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bc79
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096339-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

64 - Postal and telecommunications services


CPV Codes

64200000 - Telecommunications services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
Lots Value
£2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£622,436,745 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
15 Jul 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Additional Buyers

100 Parliament St

DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT

Scottish Government

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2BQ
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
9
Supplier Names

Wessex Internet

GoFibre Holdings Limited

WILDANET

Freedom Fibre Ltd

Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd)

Gigaclear plc

Full Fibre Ltd

Secure Web Services Ltd

Voneus

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