Broadband: Rural Areas

(asked on 22nd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's press release, Government launches new £5 billion Project Gigabit, published on 19 March 2021, what the maximum sum available is per contract for broadband providers as part of that project; what criteria must be met by broadband providers to be eligible to receive a contract as part of that project; and if he will publish the process and outline the levels of oversight provided for contract procurement as part of that project.


Answered by
Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
This question was answered on 31st March 2021

The funding allocation for each project will be determined following the Open Market Review and Public Review for the relevant area, which will be used to identify the premises eligible for subsidy.

Information on the proposed approach to the procurement process is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/resources-for-communications-network-providers#project-gigabit. Further information on the pipeline of procurements will be published in the next update on the programme in June 2021. We will follow Public Contracting Regulations 2015 for all procurements and will be subject to departmental and government wide governance and assurance. Details of the requirements to be met by broadband bidders will be published at the start of each procurement process. We will publish the contract in line with government policy.

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