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title: "712759450 BFSAI - Enhanced Business Broadband Phase 2"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04cda5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE"
published: "2025-01-06"
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# 712759450 BFSAI - Enhanced Business Broadband Phase 2

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04cda5

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence has completed the procurement process for the "712759450 BFSAI - Enhanced Business Broadband Phase 2" contract, aimed at providing business broadband services to British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) in the Falkland Islands. The procurement falls under the Internet services industry category and is regulated by the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. The service, to be delivered by Sure South Atlantic Ltd, was awarded on 6th January 2025 and will span 9 months. This contract ensures high-speed internet access across various sites in the Falkland Islands using a mix of connectivity options such as fibre, DSL, point-to-multipoint radio, and microwave radio. The project excludes welfare broadband services and adheres to Ministry of Defence’s authentication standards.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for companies within the internet services and telecommunications sectors. Sure South Atlantic Ltd's exclusive access to the necessary infrastructure on the Falkland Islands was a determining factor in the no-call-for-competition award process, highlighting the critical need for infrastructure readiness in such remote regions. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adept in delivering robust broadband solutions with capabilities in both wired and wireless technologies could find similar future opportunities particularly rewarding. Businesses with a strategic focus on serving military or isolated communities will benefit from monitoring and potentially engaging in such procurement processes.

## Notice

The requirement is to provide a Business Broadband Service to British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) Falkland Islands. It requires both wired and wireless access, with Wi-Fi distribution and interconnects for BFSAI across the Falkland Islands users across a multitude of sites. Welfare broadband is excluded from this requirement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Fixed Connectivity within Defence Digital Programme team , part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a single source contract for a total of 9 months to Sure South Atlantic Ltd for the provision of a Business Broadband Service to British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) Falkland Islands. This contract will provide a business broadband service via a dedicated international connection with of an aggregated 450Mbps capacity to a multitude of sites to service 1084 users across the Falkland Islands. As some of the sites require a fast connection and others can tolerate a slower connection, the sites have been prioritised as Priority 1, 2 and 3. Most sites will have mix of wired and wireless connectivity, but some priority sites are wired only. The core distribution connections for different sites will be achieved by different means such as fibre, DSL, Point-to multipoint (PMP Radio), and via microwave radio. The authentication of these services will be in accordance with the MOD's JSP policy, and the services will not have any direct connectivity to MOD services. Welfare broadband is excluded from this requirement. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for Technical Reasons. This is for the following reasons. Only Sure South Atlantic Ltd own and have access to the required mast/relay towers and infrastructure in-situ on the Falkland Islands to deliver these Business Broadband services, meaning they are the only supplier that can meet the MOD's requirements. For another supplier to attempt to provide this Business Broadband Service would require them to build and install new towers and infrastructure across the Falkland Islands which would result in substantial and disproportionate additional time and cost implications, including an unacceptable capability gap.

### Procurement Information

Please refer to VTN description.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000230-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,282,322 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | CORSHAM |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SURE SOUTH ATLANTIC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72400000 - Internet services

## Release History

- 6 Jan 2025 at 16:01 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000230-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-digital

## Provenance

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