Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-28
Buyer: Leicestershire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32400000 | 32500000 | 45231000 | 50330000 | 64200000
Estimated value: 6790389 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The Superfast Leicestershire project is working to extend the availability of Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband across the county of Leicestershire. To this end, Leicestershire County Council has previously invested public funds through three contracts (Phase 1, 2 and 3), to extend the availability of NGA infrastructure in areas where no commercial plans were available from market players as verified through State Aid Public Consultations to almost 97 % of premises in the county.
The County Council intends to run a new procurement to secure a telecom provider(s) to deploy Next Generation Access solutions — those capable of achieving a minimum of 30 Mbps download speed — for the remaining areas in scope for NGA deployment. Further information regarding the tender is available in the data room.
The procurement will follow an open procedure and with the contract expected to be awarded in Autumn 2020.
East Leicestershire — to secure a telecom provider(s) to deploy Next Generation Access solutions — those capable of achieving a minimum of 30 Mbps download speed for the remaining areas in scope for NGA deployment in an area encompassing the entirety of the districts of Harborough, Melton, Oadby and Wigston, as well as parts of Charnwood and Blaby. It contains 149 854 premises and includes 5 928 target White premises for the purpose of this procurement.
The contract(s) awarded may be renewed in the event that the authority requires an extension of the NGA deployed services whereby NGA coverage targets for the projects have not been met in full. The additional potential funding may be awarded to be utilised in accordance with the contract to further the project aims in the coverage area (extending the coverage and/or improving broadband speeds), to be managed through the contract change control procedure.
The contract may be extended by up to 24 months should additional potential funding be awarded through the contract change control procedure.
The initial estimate of GBP 5 790 389 spend, includes EU funding of GBP 2 956 000. The EU funding is to be utilised by Sept 2022 to further the project aims in the coverage area for rural businesses (extending the coverage and/or improving broadband speeds). In addition to this, further funding of GBP 1 000 000 may become available during the term of the contract, making a potential total contract value of  GBP 6 790 389.
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract, as communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by LCC as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended and may award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order for a fine to be paid and/or order the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 6790389