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Published 24 Mar 2022, 12:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Accelerating Affordable Gigabit Fibre - Neutral Host Operator

Official notice

Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South West (UKK24)
Budget not disclosed£1exc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Jan 2023
Next notice expected 1 Sept 2022
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council aims to deliver a preeminent Gigabit connected region for its residents and businesses, and is seeking a Neutral Host Operator (NHO) to establish itself within the BCP area to help meet this goal. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has developed a Smart Place Strategy with a clear focus on generating local value, helping to tackle key challenges across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council aims to deliver a preeminent Gigabit connected region for its residents and businesses, and is seeking a Neutral Host Operator (NHO) to establish itself within the BCP area to help meet this goal.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has developed a Smart Place Strategy with a clear focus on generating local value, helping to tackle key challenges across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Whether making it easier for people to go about their daily lives, improving the prospects of our local businesses or enabling communities to function more effectively, combining information, data and emerging digital technologies will deliver considerable benefits for our area.

One of the core underpinning technologies that will enable our Smart Place to become reality is Gigabit fibre deployed across the whole of the BCP region. Gigabit fibre is critical digital infrastructure, providing the connectivity backbone for many vital public, private and voluntary services and helping to power our businesses and local economy as well as supporting our Smart Place Programme. The provision of ubiquitous, high speed, affordable Gigabit connectivity is therefore now a priority for the Council.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Installation of telecommunications equipment · Postal and telecommunications services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The model the Council is seeking to implement aims to decouple the passive or physical…Published value£1

The model the Council is seeking to implement aims to decouple the passive or physical fibre infrastructure from the services delivered on it, creating a market for fibre ownership beyond telecom companies, and allowing a range of investors who are familiar with infrastructure and property investments, including the public sector to invest. It also lowers the barriers of entry to market for service providers. These service providers include providers of internet service (ISPs) and also those who require access to data networks in order to deliver a range of services: mobile phone (5G) operators, wireless ISPs, security & CCTV through to education and health services. Additional information: II.1.5 and II.2.6 The estimated revenue value is stated as £1, as the estimation is not know at this time and it will be negotiated as a Commercial in the Negotiation Phase.

II.2.7 the contract duration is stated as 120 months, however this will be subject to negotiation in the Timeline in the Negotiation Phase.

Delivery: South West
Second stage: up to 3 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
45314000 Installation of telecommunications equipment72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Price: 10
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Mar 2022, 12:31 GMT
Last source update
16 Dec 2022, 11:13 GMT
Authority reference
DN603494
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035638
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportInstallation of telecommunications equipmentPostal and telecommunications services
Delivery area
South West (UKK24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In accordance with Regulation 86 (notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87

(standstill period) and Regulations 91 (enforcement of duties through the Court) of the

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
20 Jan 2023, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

1 Sept 2022 → 20 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    16 Dec 2022, 11:13 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    20 Jan 2023, 14:00 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2022
  1. Status changed to active
    16 Dec 2022, 11:13 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    16 Dec 2022, 11:13 GMT
  3. Deadline published: 20 Jan 2023, 14:00 GMT
    16 Dec 2022, 11:13 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    16 Dec 2022, 11:13 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services BCP Council Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, South West, BH2 6DYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria