Decision details
Award contract for supply and installation of the Digital Household Grant and extension of coverage
Decision Maker: Service Director - Corporate Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The decision relates to recommendations in the
cabinet member report of 18 November 2021 to provide a short term
broadband solution for 2,324 premises descoped by Gigaclear that
were as part of Stage 3 Lot 2-3c Contract.
Satellite And Terrestrial Works Ltd were identified as the highest
scoring and best economic value and therefore the primary supplier.
The framework means that should this supplier be unable to fulfil
the requirements over time there are two others suppliers who can
provide service (Metricell Limited and Posisoft).
The current grant is based on an assumption of initially 600
applications or circa 25% of applicants. The grant is paid to the
supplier rather than the resident and funds cannot be supplied
retrospectively. The grant will be open to households until January
2023.
The decision is also to extend coverage to other premises in
Herefordshire that have a combination of:
• Less than 30Mbps (download) broadband
• Not covered by any public intervention or commercial
investment plans
• Have applied to the Fastershire Community Grant and had no
success in attracting bids for their areas for wired solutions due
to cost; or initially assessed as number of premises being too
small for consideration of community grant.
Contact: Natalia Silver, Service Director - Corporate Services Email: nsilver@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432260732.
Publication date: 28/04/2022
Date of decision: 28/04/2022
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