Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Crawley Borough Council
Town Hall,The Boulevard
CRAWLEY
RH101UZ
UK
Contact person: Procurement Team
Telephone: +44 1403215299
E-mail: procurement@crawley.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ28
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.crawley.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Fibre Network for Manor Royal Business Park
II.1.2) Main CPV code
32412100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is an indication of a potential future procurement. Any procurement will be the subject of a later Contract Notice through the Find a Tender Service.
As part of its Towns Fund initiative, Crawley Borough Council is shortly looking to run a procurement exercise to engage a partner to invest alongside the council to deploy a fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) telecoms network to Manor Royal business park.
Before this procurement exercise begins, the council wishes to understand the interest from the market to invest.
To register a company's interest, please send company contact details by email to: procurement@horsham.gov.uk. The council will send a short questionnaire for completion by return.
Up to four companies will be invited to a short consultation about the questionnaire. Companies that do not respond to the questionnaire or get invited for consultation will not be precluded from responding to the future procurement.
This consultation period will end on 19 January 2024.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32412100
32424000
32562000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ28
Main site or place of performance:
Manor Royal Business Park, Crawley
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Crawley Borough Council secured funding via the UK Government's Towns Fund initiative and has allocated up to GBP2 million of this funding to capital 'digital' projects. The council's proposed digital project is to engage a partner to deploy (and operate) an FTTP network to 100% of the Manor Royal business park, as well as looking to build FTTP network to other business locations in the borough.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
01/02/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/12/2023