Awarded contract

Swansea Bay City Deal Digital Infrastructure Programme Better Broadband Infill Project

Details

Value
£9,867,370
Topic
Telecommunications network
Published
29 July 2025

Tender description

This is a contract award notice for The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme to appoint a commercial partner(s) to provide a gigabit capable connection to premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot). The further competition was conducted via the Crown Commercial Services RM6095 Gigabit Capable Connectivity DPS. Lot 1: This is a contract award notice. The Swansea Bay City Deal’s (SBCD) Digital Infrastructure Programme, led by Carmarthenshire County Council (“Buyer”) is seeking the design, construction, and operation of a broadband network (“Better Broadband Infill Project”) which provides, as a minimum affordable gigabit connectivity (≥1,000Mbps) to eligible premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot) in order to address areas where market failure persists and which have been identified through data analysis as having poor broadband speeds (<30Mbps).

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date15 April 2025
  2. Completed: Award published29 July 2025
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About the buyer

Carmarthenshire County Council is a local authority serving rural west Wales, buying goods, works and services across the county on behalf of residents. Contracts above the UK procurement threshold appear on Find a Tender Service. Sell2Wales lists smaller opportunities, and registered suppliers receive automatic email alerts there. A Corporate Procurement team runs tendering and guides prospective suppliers through the process. Lower-value work goes through a supplier list run by the council's business engagement team. Community benefits and the Well-being of Future Generations Act shape how contracts are awarded.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Carmarthenshire County Council's contract awards have been in waste, cleaning and environmental services, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 32412100 · Telecommunications network

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