Published date: 15 December 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 32000000

  • Installation of telecommunications equipment - 45314000

  • Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment - 50330000

    • Postal and telecommunications services - 64000000

    • Telecommunications services - 64200000

    • Telecommunication consultancy services - 71316000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£6,000,000

Procurement reference

SHEFCC001-DN311129-34957785

Published date

15 December 2017

Closing date

9 March 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Superfast South Yorkshire (SFSY) is working to extend coverage of superfast broadband (greater than 30Mbs) across South Yorkshire, to areas beyond the reach of commercially-funded deployments.
SFSY Partners Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Councils and Sheffield City Council wish to improve access to broadband services in areas which will not be covered without public intervention. SFSY's key aims are to deliver business growth and new jobs, deliver a range of social benefits across its rural and urban communities and support delivery of public services through digital channels.
This procurement requires a wholesale broadband network solution providing wholesale broadband services that retail service providers can use to provide business consumers, residential consumers, and public sector organisations with a range of broadband services for the term.
The ITT is issued under a gap funding principle. This means that the public sector subsidy is only available to fund the investment gap between the Bidder's infrastructure deployment cost were this to be a commercially viable area and the Bidder's estimate of the actual cost of this deployment in order to make it commercially viable. Therefore, the Bidder is expected to provide substantial investment into the broadband network and the Bidder must declare the investment that the Bidder itself is prepared to make before the subsidy is applied.
The resulting infrastructure built as a result of the Bidder investment plus the subsidy, is owned and operated by the successful Bidder. The Bidder will manage the risks associated with developing and operating the broadband network on a wholesale basis, including take-up risks.
A detailed breakdown of intervention area premises is available within the Speed and Coverage Template in the Data Room, alongside other project data and information. The Data Room will be accessible to Bidders upon receipt of a completed Non Disclosure Agreement available via the tender documentation pack on the yortender portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Dave Kingston

Address

Level 2, North Wing
Moorfoot
Sheffield
S1 4PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1142057337

Email

david.kingston@sheffield.gov.uk

Website

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/