That:

(a)       In consultation with Gloucestershire County Council, Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council and as the accountable body for the Marches and Gloucestershire Viable Clusters Broadband Project, contracts for Lots S15, S16, T1, H12, H8, H9, H1, H22, and H2 be awarded to Airband and Lots G10, C1 and C5 be awarded to Voneus for the values of £5,027,000 and £460,000 respectively;

(b)       The Assistant director communities has delegated authority to award contracts to Airband and Voneus for additional lots within the remaining clusters of up to £5m residual funding from the EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development);

(c)       Funding of up to £1.5m from Herefordshire’s broadband programme is allocated to lots H21 and H18 and awarded to Airband under the contract awarded in recommendation (a).