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Swansea Bay City Deal Digital Infrastructure Programme Better Broadband Infill Project

Carmarthenshire County Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Carmarthenshire County Council

Buyer Address: County Hall, Jobs Well Road, Carmarthen, UKL14, SA31 1JP, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Dija Oliver

Contact Email: doliver@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1267234567

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
9867370.0 GBP
Published
29 Jul 2025, 14:42
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
32412100 - Telecommunications network
Region
n/a
Awarded To
BT
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

This is a contract award notice for The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme to appoint a commercial partner(s) to provide a gigabit capable connection to premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot). The further competition was conducted via the Crown Commercial Services RM6095 Gigabit Capable Connectivity DPS.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: This is a contract award notice. The Swansea Bay City Deal’s (SBCD) Digital Infrastructure Programme, led by Carmarthenshire County Council (“Buyer”) is seeking the design, construction, and operation of a broadband network (“Better Broadband Infill Project”) which provides, as a minimum affordable gigabit connectivity (≥1,000Mbps) to eligible premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot) in order to address areas where market failure persists and which have been identified through data analysis as having poor broadband speeds (<30Mbps).

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

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