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title: "Market Engagement for The Design, Build and Operation of a Gigabit Spine for Hampshire and Surrey"
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# Market Engagement for The Design, Build and Operation of a Gigabit Spine for Hampshire and Surrey

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-the-design-build-and-operation-of-a-gigabit-spine-for-hampshire-and--ocds-h6vhtk-033594). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hampshire County Council: "Market Engagement for The Design, Build and Operation of a Gigabit Spine for Hampshire and Surrey". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork, Telecommunications cable and equipment, Telecommunications network
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ25, UKJ37
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033594`

## 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/market-engagement-for-the-design-build-and-operation-of-a-gigabit-spine-for-hampshire-and--ocds-h6vhtk-033594#tl-md)

## Description
Hampshire County Council, on behalf of the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership (EM3), is seeking feedback from interested parties on a future project to work in partnership with the EM3 LEP, via a Collaboration Agreement, to design, build, install, commercialise, operate and maintain a new fibre spine and active network stretching 94 kms from Basingstoke to Guildford, via Hook, Camberley, Aldershot, Farnborough and Farnham. 
This market engagement exercise is to gain feedback from the market on some specific questions focused on the contractual form/structure of a proposed collaboration agreement and other key areas to inform our approach to the planned formal procurement process.    
To view our project overview document and respond to our market engagement questions please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Tenders/Current. 
Please search for 'ET18861' and click on the 'Express your Interest' button.  Your organisation will then be able to access the market engagement documents.  If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-tend Portal, you will need to register before accessing the documents (click on the 'Register' tab).  Registration is free and a very simple process only requiring a few fields of information.
Your responses to our market engagement questions should be emailed to Fibre@enterprisem3.org.uk no later than Friday 10th June 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 32412100, 32520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Hampshire County Council, on behalf of Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership (EM3) will be seeking a suitably experienced supplier who will work with us, through a Collaboration Agreement, to design, build, install, commercialise, operate and ma...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012023-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-09T14:24:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:59:57.427Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033594