Telecommunications services

Tender description

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 30 Mbps ‘NGA’). They build on the deployment of NGA Broadband Infrastructure that has been realised through the 2 Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programmes (Highlands and Island and the Rest of Scotland), together with commercial deployment. We split the deployment 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 2 and Lot 3. 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’). The Central Area is broadly central Scotland and Fife. 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’). The South Area is broadly the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.