To
procure 114 sites (45 Dorset Council and 69 school sites) associated with the
Gigabit Hub Connectivity in Rural Dorset (GHCiRD)
project. This project received approval to proceed to the procurement stage
from the Building Digital UK (BDUK), which is part of the Department for
Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS). The tender will be published on 31
March 2021 using Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
The
infrastructure budget implications being £2,716,164 to be met by the BDUK
grant. The ongoing revenue costs will be met by Dorset Council for the 45
Council sites and is expected to be cost neutral as IT Services will look to
take advantage of the infrastructure to adopt an new approach which will be
more cost effective than the current connectivity charges. Each school will
meet the revenue costs for their site.