Published date: 20 March 2019

Last edited date: 20 March 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 1 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Postal and telecommunications services - 64000000

Location of contract

South West

Procurement reference

PLYM001-DN397348-49351692

Published date

20 March 2019

Closing date

1 April 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Plymouth City Council and partner organisation consideration of Local Full Fibre Networks Project is a third wave exemplar project for the Full Fibre Network Programme (LFFN) operated by the Broadband Development UK (BDUK) programme within the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) and any resulting procurement would be part funded by DCMS.


This Soft Market Exercise is to help inform the partner organisations on how to shape any resulting tender to attract interest from suitable suppliers and secondly help inform the best route to market (e.g. formal Official Journal of the European Union - OJEU tender; Competition via an established framework or alternative options).

Suppliers interested in this opportunity should visit www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk for more information. The deadline to submit proposals is 23:59 on 1st April 2019.

The provisional placeholder for the follow up supplier session is on the 10 April in Plymouth City Centre but this will be confirmed nearer the time and will be subject to a further update accompanying the PIN itself.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Plymouth Local Full Fibre Network-Soft Market Test

  • Early engagement
  • Published 12 March 2019

About the buyer

Contact name

Steve Sandercock

Address

Ballard House
West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1752304262

Email

steve.sandercock@plymouth.gov.uk

Website

http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk