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Procurement and Award Criteria - Provision of full fibre (gigabit capable) network upgrades to public sector buildings in Rutland

16/04/2019 - PROCUREMENT AND AWARD CRITERIA - PROVISION OF FULL FIBRE (GIGABIT CAPABLE) NETWORK UPGRADES TO PUBLIC SECTOR BUILDINGS IN RUTLAND

Report No. 60/2019 was received from the Deputy Director for Places.

 

Ms Libby Kingsley, Digital Rutland Project Manager, introduced the report the purpose of which was to obtain Cabinet approval to procure the provision of full fibre network upgrades to public sector buildings in Rutland under the Digital Rutland Local Full Fibre Networks Project (part funded by the UK Government) and to agree the award criteria.

 

DECISION:

 

That Cabinet:

 

1.    NOTED the receipt of the conditional funding offer of c£1.78m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Local Full Fibre Networks Challenge Fund.

 

2.    APPROVED the pre-procurement business case (Exempt Appendix A).

 

3.    APPROVED to proceed with the procurement for full fibre (gigabit capable) network upgrades to public sector buildings in Rutland and the award criteria set out in the report (Exempt Appendix B) on the basis that any contracts will only be awarded when terms and conditions have been agreed and Full Council has approved the inclusion of this project in the Capital programme.

 

Reasons for the decision:

 

·         The proposals set out in this report will allow Rutland County Council to tender the services and appoint a contractor to undertake the full fibre (gigabit capable) network upgrades as set out in this report.

 

·         This approach will support the strategic and delivery objectives of the DCMS Local Full Fibre Networks Challenge Fund and the Council’s strategic objectives as set out in Report 212/2018.