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Published 9 Jan 2025, 10:02 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Swansea Bay City Deal Digital Infrastructure Programme Better Broadband Infill Project

Official notice

Authority: Carmarthenshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsRestricted procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32) Delivery: Wales (UKL14)

Awarded value£9,867,370published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 Apr 2025

Awarded to BT

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a contract award notice for The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme to appoint a commercial partner(s) to provide a gigabit capable connection to premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot). The further competition was conducted via the Crown Commercial Services RM6095 Gigabit Capable Connectivity DPS.

CPV: Telecommunications network

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This is a contract award noticeAwarded

This is a contract award notice. The Swansea Bay City Deal’s (SBCD) Digital Infrastructure Programme, led by Carmarthenshire County Council (“Buyer”) is seeking the design, construction, and operation of a broadband network (“Better Broadband Infill Project”) which provides, as a minimum affordable gigabit connectivity (≥1,000Mbps) to eligible premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot) in order to address areas where market failure persists and which have been identified through data analysis as having poor broadband speeds (<30Mbps).

Delivery: Wales · Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot)

32412100 Telecommunications network

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 60%Price: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: 60
Price: 40

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Restricted procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Jan 2025, 10:02 GMT
Last source update: 29 Jul 2025, 15:42 BST
Authority reference: itt_115490
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-043959
Classification (CPV): Telecommunications network
Delivery area: Wales (UKL14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ce75 Find a Tender

Publisher note: (WA Ref:154062)

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

1 May 2025 → 29 Jul 2025 · 2 dates

Next notice expected
1 May 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice published
29 Jul 2025, 15:42 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2025

Status changed to complete
29 Jul 2025, 15:42 BST
Procurement method changed
29 Jul 2025, 15:42 BST
Buyer details updated
29 Jul 2025, 15:42 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £9,867,3701 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 32 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 15 Apr 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BT	£9,867,370 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 043959-2025-1 · BT
Signed
15 Apr 2025
Value
£9,867,370
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad	2	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Carmarthenshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Carmarthen, Wales, SA31 1JPContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BTAwarded supplier Stadium House, 5 Park Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF101XR

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.