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# Accelerating Affordable Gigabit Fibre - Neutral Host Operator

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerating-affordable-gigabit-fibre-neutral-host-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council-ons-e06000058)
- **Published Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 January 2023 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Installation of telecommunications equipment, Postal and telecommunications services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerating-affordable-gigabit-fibre-neutral-host-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerating-affordable-gigabit-fibre-neutral-host-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerating-affordable-gigabit-fibre-neutral-host-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45314000, 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £1
- **Description:** 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 f...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035638-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-16T11:13:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T22:20:37.785Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0325d0