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# RFI - DCIA

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-dcia-ocds-h6vhtk-02e86b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Sussex County Council: "RFI - DCIA". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Oct 2021. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Sussex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-sussex-county-council-ons-e10000032)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 October 2021 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT software development services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-dcia-ocds-h6vhtk-02e86b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e86b`

## 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/rfi-dcia-ocds-h6vhtk-02e86b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsesharedservices%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-dcia-ocds-h6vhtk-02e86b#participate

## Description
This Request for Information (RFI) sets out the information which is required by West Sussex County Council (the Authority) in order to assess the suitability of potential suppliers in terms of their technical knowledge and experience, capability/capacity, organisational and financial standing to meet the requirement. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a 2-year Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA)  programme. As part of the programme, DCMS are funding £4 million to pilot a competition which support the implementation of digital asset management solutions to open up public assets for the rollout of wireless communication networks. The pilot competition will fund up to 8 pilots, with a maximum of £500k funding per pilot. The programme aims to help accelerate both investment in and the deployment of advanced wireless network. 
West Sussex County Council (the Authority) would like to engage with potential partners to develop an Asset Management Platform.
The Authority is seeking to understand the solutions available in the marketplace to help us develop our future direction to manage our Asset Management activity. The new platform will help us to improve the ability of Mobile Network Operators to access information on our assets and acquire sites for the rollout of wireless communication networks.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** This is a Request for Information (RFI) only.  West Sussex County Council have access to a wide range of assets, including public buildings, land and assets such as, street lighting, illuminated signs and CCTV which can be used to site/house mobile t...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024830-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-05T17:22:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:14:44.167Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e86b