UK-Oakham: telecommunications services

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Rutland County Council is seeking to facilitate the provision of next generation broadband and end user services across the County of Rutland. The Council is acting on behalf of the emerging digital Rutland public / private sector partnership, which is intended as a vehicle to maximise savings by aggregating public sector and commercial demand and through a commitment to use the proposed network. Key businesses in the county are partnering the Council in this initiative.
Rutland consists of small town, village and rural communities in an area just 16 miles by 16 miles, situated between major conurbations including Nottingham, Leicester, Peterborough and Northampton.
Broadband provision across the county is in need of being substantially improved. Initial work suggests a market of some 12 000 potential household customers and 3 000 potential business customers.
The Council seeks a partner or partners who can initially work with the Council in the delivery of a business plan and the identification of funding implications. Rutland County Council cannot provide the gap funding thought to be necessary to facilitate this work, but can seek to broker a solution with the partner(s) in applying for and potentially securing funding in the form of grants where the partner(s) may not be able to fund all of the investment themselves. A regional growth fund bid has been submitted but the selection of the ongoing service provider partner(s) is to be determined through this competitive OJEU process.
In the event that the funding issues can be resolved the final grant contract will be to provide next generation broadband infrastructure to the inhabitants of the County of Rutland. The grant contract will not be to provide services to the contracting authority.
The intention is to deploy technology neutral next generation broadband infrastructure so as to maximise broadband reach in the county, addressing the issues of "white spots" and areas that market providers will not penetrate on a commercial basis in the near future. The ambition is to:
— Provide next generation broadband for a minimum of 99 % of Rutland County by 2012/13, offering higher speeds and wider bandwidths as further described in the contract documentation,
— Implementation of a minimum 20 % Fibre To The Cabinet / Fibre to the Premise technology throughout Rutland,
— Operation of an open provider model leading to a range of communication providers in the market place for both wholesale and retail markets,
— Increased demand and consumer choice in communication providers leading to competition for ISP provision and cheaper applications and services.
The preferred investor will own the network and be responsible for operating the network.
It is expected that the final grant contract will set out the terms upon which the investor will be able to claim any grants which are claimed and made available based on the cost of the investment. The final grant contract will be based on open book accounting principles.

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UKF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland

64200000 - Telecommunications services

32413000 - Integrated network

32570000 - Communications equipment

32412100 - Telecommunications network

32571000 - Communications infrastructure

32412000 - Communications network

32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies

32523000 - Telecommunications facilities

32524000 - Telecommunications system

32520000 - Telecommunications cable and equipment

32430000 - Wide area network

32417000 - Multimedia networks

32424000 - Network infrastructure

72253100 - Helpdesk services

72250000 - System and support services

32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system

66122000 - Corporate finance and venture capital services

32572000 - Communications cable

72222300 - Information technology services

32427000 - Network system

32428000 - Network upgrade

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The most economic tender

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