Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

Tender description

Cornwall Council is seeking a supplier to provide Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband infrastructure to deliver superfast (30+Mbps) and ultrafast (100+Mbps) broadband services to as many premises as possible. The project (previously referred to as ‘Superfast 2’) represents a new programme of up to 14 600 000 GBP investment, including funding from the European Regional Development Fund, Broadband Delivery UK's SW Ultrafast Fund and the Council's own funding. It follows previous significant investment in broadband infrastructure through the part-EU funded Superfast Cornwall Programme (2010-2015) and the current Superfast Extension Project (2015-2017). The Intervention Area for deployment includes 39 036 NGA white premises of which 16 610 are in scope of this procurement. Cornwall Council's priority is to ensure that the available public funding is used most effectively to provide coverage to premises currently getting relatively slow broadband speeds (<15 Mbps). The solution must provide Next Generation Access (NGA) infrastructure using qualifying technologies capable of delivering broadband services with a download speed of greater than 30 Mbps to as many of these premises as possible. 6 000 000 GBP of the investment available must be invested in ultra-fast services capable of delivering download speeds of greater than 100 Mbps. The public investment of up to 14 600 000 GBP includes 8 500 000 GBP of European Regional Development Funds. Procurement documents and Invitation to Tender documents have been developed in accordance with BDUK templates at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bduk-new-procurement-pipeline.