Telecommunications services

Tender description

Provision of Next Generation Broadband infrastructure and services to the Helmsdale and District community areas within the Strath of Kildonan and parts of Strath Halladale. Helmsdale and District Development Trust a company limited by guarantee with charitable status (Company SC 420622, Charity Number SC 043078) established under the Companies Act 2006 and regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, working in partnership with Community Broadband Scotland (CBS), a Scottish Government initiative led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise wishes to identify a supplier procured under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, who can provide a Next Generation Access (NGA) State Aid compliant (SA. 40720 2016/N) infrastructure that will enable access to NGA services at greater than 30 Mbps to all premises in the project area (subject to any technical and funding constraints). The successful bidder will contract with the Helmsdale and District Development Trust. This contract will not be divided into lots as this would make the execution of the contract excessively technically difficult.