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title: "R100 - Procurement of NGA Infrastructure"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000503952"
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# R100 - Procurement of NGA Infrastructure

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000503952

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has initiated the "R100 - Procurement of NGA Infrastructure" tender, aimed at extending high-speed broadband access across Scotland's remoter areas, particularly focusing on next-generation access infrastructure capable of delivering at least 30 Mbps. This active procurement, classified under the services industry, is currently progressing through the competitive dialogue stage, with contracts awarded as of December 11, 2020, for the North Lot. The contract segments the scope into three geographical areas: North, Central, and South, with Lot 1 covering the Highlands, Islands, Angus, Aberdeen, and Dundee. The tender period for submissions has closed, having ended on January 18, 2018, with an estimated value of £600 million across all lots.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses, particularly those specializing in telecommunications, broadband infrastructure, and civil engineering services. Companies that can deliver innovative and efficient solutions for high-speed network development would be well-positioned to compete for these lots. Additionally, the focus on community benefits within the procurement process signifies an advantage for businesses that can propose contributions to local employment and social initiatives. Overall, this procurement is aimed at enabling robust internet infrastructure crucial for economic development in Scotland.

## Notice

This procurement is a gap funded government intervention to extend high speed broadband access and future-proofed digital infrastructure as far as possible into Scotland's remoter areas. The contracts for each Lot will deliver access to Next Generation Access Broadband Infrastructure (capable of delivering speeds of at least 30Mbps "NGA"). They build on the deployment of NGA Broadband Infrastructure that has been realised through the two Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programmes (Highlands and Island and the Rest of Scotland), together with commercial deployment. Deployment is split into 3 geographical Lots: - Lot 1 - the North lot - Lot 2 - the Central lot - Lot 3 - the South lot This contract award notice is for Lot 1. The contract award notice for Lot 2 and Lot 3 was published on 16 January 2020 (OJEU reference 22158-2020 (2020/S 011-022158)).

### Lot Information

R100 Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - North

This contract is a gap funded intervention to deliver access to NGA Broadband Infrastructure to as many premises in the relevant geographical area of Scotland (the 'North Area') as possible. The North Area is broadly the Highlands and Islands, Angus, Aberdeen and Dundee.

R100 Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - Central

This contract is a gap funded intervention to deliver access to NGA Broadband Infrastructure (capable of delivering speeds of at least 30 Mbps) to as many premises in the relevant geographical area of Scotland (the 'Central Area') as possible. The Central Area is broadly central Scotland and Fife.

R100 Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - South

This contract is a gap funded intervention to deliver access to NGA Broadband Infrastructure (capable of delivering speeds of at least 30 Mbps) to as many premises in the relevant geographical area of Scotland (the 'South Area') as possible. The South Area is broadly the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC403275 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Dec 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Jan 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Dec 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £600,000,000 |
| Lots value | £600,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £600,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH6 6QQ |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Sighthill/Gorgie |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland, TLM5 North Eastern Scotland, TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, TLM6 Highlands and Islands, TLM61 Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty, TLM62 Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey, TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM64 Na h-Eileanan Siar, TLM65 Orkney Islands, TLM66 Shetland Islands, TLM7 Eastern Scotland, TLM71 Angus and Dundee City, TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife, TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian, TLM75 City of Edinburgh, TLM76 Falkirk, TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling, TLM78 West Lothian, TLM8 West Central Scotland, TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond, TLM82 Glasgow City, TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire, TLM84 North Lanarkshire, TLM9 Southern Scotland, TLM91 Scottish Borders, TLM92 Dumfries and Galloway, TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire, TLM94 South Ayrshire, TLM95 South Lanarkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 45 - Construction work
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 32412100 - Telecommunications network
- 45232300 - Construction and ancillary works for telephone and communication lines
- 64200000 - Telecommunications services

## Release History

- 22 Dec 2020 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC403275
- 15 Dec 2017 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC304361

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC304361&idx=1
  18th December 2017 - R100 Initial Descriptive Document (IDD)
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC304361&idx=2
  18th December 2017 - ESPD Instructions Document
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC304361&idx=3
  18th December 2017 - ESPD Document
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC304361
  R100 - Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - The contracts for each Lot are gap funded interventions to deliver access to Next Generation Access Broadband Infrastructure (capable of delivering speeds of at least 30Mbps "NGA") to as many premises in Scotland as possible by the end of 2021. They build on the deployment of NGA Broadband Infrastructure that has been, and will be, realised through the two Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programmes (Highlands and Island and the Rest of Scotland), together with commercial deployment. Following these deployments there are around 178,948 premises eligible for intervention ('white premises') which are in scope across these contacts. We have split these white premises into 3 geographical Lots: - Lot 1 - the North lot - Lot 2 - the Central lot - Lot 3 - the South lot The split of white premises between these Lots and other additional information about the requirement can be found at II.2 and VI.3.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC403275
  R100 - Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - This procurement is a gap funded government intervention to extend high speed broadband access and future-proofed digital infrastructure as far as possible into Scotland's remoter areas. The contracts for each Lot will deliver access to Next Generation Access Broadband Infrastructure (capable of delivering speeds of at least 30Mbps "NGA"). They build on the deployment of NGA Broadband Infrastructure that has been realised through the two Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programmes (Highlands and Island and the Rest of Scotland), together with commercial deployment. Deployment is split into 3 geographical Lots: - Lot 1 - the North lot - Lot 2 - the Central lot - Lot 3 - the South lot This contract award notice is for Lot 1. The contract award notice for Lot 2 and Lot 3 was published on 16 January 2020 (OJEU reference 22158-2020 (2020/S 011-022158)).

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000503952
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

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