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title: "SBCD Connected Places Hub Sites Project"
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# SBCD Connected Places Hub Sites Project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sbcd-connected-places-hub-sites-project-ocds-h6vhtk-035979). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Carmarthenshire County Council: "SBCD Connected Places Hub Sites Project". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £16,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Carmarthenshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/carmarthenshire-county-council-ons-w06000010)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £16,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communications equipment, Construction work, Data equipment, Fibre-optic materials, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (+10 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKL14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035979`

## 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/sbcd-connected-places-hub-sites-project-ocds-h6vhtk-035979#tl-md)

## Description
Swansea Bay City Deal is a partnership led by the four regional local authorities of South West Wales, Carmarthenshire County Council, Swansea Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and Pembrokeshire County Council, together with the Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda University Health Boards, Swansea University and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, supported by other public sector bodies in the region.
The partnership’s 55m GBP Digital Infrastructure Programme is hosted by Carmarthenshire County Council. It aims to ensure that the region’s business, domestic and public sector premises have competitive access to full fibre connectivity.
It aims to supplement its own funding with funding from other sources including Welsh Government, UK Government (DCMS), and inward investment from the private sector in the regions digital infrastructure.
The partnership and other public sector bodies in the region recognise that the provision of high quality, reliable high-speed connectivity is a necessity for efficient public sector delivery. They seek to future proof their network connectivity requirements over a period of 20-30 years or more through the installation of gigabit capable fibre infrastructure services.
The Digital Infrastructure Programme plans to run one or more procurements or procurement lots to identify the best value provision of those fibre infrastructure services.
This PIN concerns the pre market engagement for that procurement activity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 32400000, 32410000, 32420000, 32430000, 32500000, 32510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** This PIN concerns the pre market engagement for procurements for the Swansea Bay City Deal (SBCD) Digital Infrastructure Programme.
The Digital Infrastructure Programme is hosted by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The Programme envisages that each cu...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021618-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-05T15:41:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:39:25.483Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035979