PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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Section I: Contracting Authority
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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)
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Dorset County Council |
Corporate Resources Directorate, County Hall, Colliton Park |
Dorchester |
DT1 1XJ |
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Mr Pete Bartlett |
+44 1305220000 |
superfast@dorsetcc.gov.uk |
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http://www.dorsetforyou.com/
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I.2)
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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities
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Section II.B: Object of the Contract(SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)
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II.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Dorset Ultrafast Broadband 2016/17.
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II.2)
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Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance5
County of Dorset. |
II.3)
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Short description of nature and quantity or supplies or servicesThis notice is for Prior Information Only and is used to invite organisations to contribute (be ‘Contributors') to a market consultation (‘Consultation') prior to commencement of any procurement(s). Dorset County Council, on behalf of the Superfast Dorset partnership with the backing of Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership, is commencing an open procurement for Ultrafast broadband infrastructure. There is the opportunity, through 4 000 000 GBP of secured BDUK (2 000 000 GBP) and Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (2 000 000 GBP) funding, to progress ambitions building Ultrafast broadband infrastructure prioritised to areas of economic growth in the Dorset LEP area. From 13:30 on the afternoon of Friday, 22.4.2016 at County Hall in Dorchester there will be an open consultation event. This set out economic growth and digital ambitions for this opportunity and provide opportunity to input into our pre-procurement consultation. An invitation to tender is being developed and your input into this process is sought to help us build a clear understanding of: — Procurement approach; intervention scale — Technical and commercial delivery models — Market appetite and capacity to deploy ultrafast networks — Levels of private sector investment — Engagement with State Aid requirements — Any concerns the market has about returning a bid — Factors we can influence to make the opportunity more attractive. Chris Townsend OBE, Chief Executive of BDUK will be in attendance. The following are ways to contribute to this market consultation: Respond to superfast@dorsetcc.gov.uk to book a place at the open consultation event on 22.4.2016. If you are unable to attend on the 22nd then contact the Project team to make an alternative arrangement. An Open Market Review (OMR) document will be published (ETA 29.4.2016) on the project website: https://www.dorsetforyou.com/broadband/state-aid 4 000 000,008 000 000,00GBP
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II.4)
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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
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32500000 |
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II.5)
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Scheduled date for start of award procedures
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II.6)
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Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA) No |
II.7)
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Additional information
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Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information
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III.1)
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Conditions relating to the contract
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III.1.1)
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Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating them
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III.2)
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Conditions for participation
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III.2.1)
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Reserved contracts No
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Section VI: Complementary Information
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VI.1)
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Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community fund No
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VI.2)
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Additional information
If you wish to discuss this in advance please feel free to contact Pete Bartlett (Superfast Dorset project manager) p.bartlett@dorsetcc.gov.uk 01305 224954 or Dugald Lockhart (Superfast Dorset project lead) d.a.lockhart@dorsetcc.gov.uk 01305 224207.
Project e-mail: superfast@dorsetcc.gov.uk
Project website: https://www.dorsetforyou.com/broadband/state-aid
The target release date for the Open Market Review document is 29.4.2016. Please check the website after this date to download a copy of the OMR document. Please note that the website includes other public consultation documents so there is a need to ensure that the relevant OMR document for Ultrafast Broadband is used.
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VI.3)
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Information on general regulatory framework
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VI.4)
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Date of dispatch of this notice 14-04-2016 |
ANNEX A
Additional Addresses and Contact Points
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Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained
Dorset County Council |
Corporate Resources Directorate, County Hall, Colliton Park |
Dorchester |
DT1 1XJ |
UK |
Mr Pete Bartlett |
+44 1305220000 |
superfast@dorsetcc.gov.uk |
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http://www.dorsetforyou.com/ |
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