Local Authority team slides from the Central Superfast supplier day 22nd Feb 2017

1. Central Superfast
Broadband Project
Supplier Engagement Day
22nd February 2017

2. Welcome
Cllr Richard Wenham- Central Bedfordshire
Council
• Central Superfast is an innovative Local Authority Partnership,
comprising Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough, Milton Keynes
and Luton.
• We are ambitious! Working together to reach 100% superfast
coverage across all 4 authorities and ensure our areas benefit from
the availability of super and ultra fast broadband
• We have already worked with BDUK and BT on projects that will
deliver superfast broadband to over 57,000.

3. • We are launching a new £ multi million tender to address the
remaining 12,000 premises who do not have access to superfast
speeds.
• Keen to work to with market on innovative solutions to maximise
coverage, ensuring our networks are future proof and reliable and
meeting customer needs.
• A real focus on partnership working and ensuring value for money in
delivery.

4. Central Superfast
James Cushing – Head of Investment
• Project 1 – £6.64m public investment supporting over 40,000 homes
• Project 2 - £7.57m supporting over 16,000 homes
• Track record of delivery and partnership working i.e. with highways,
planning etc
• Coverage over 97% by March 2019, but with a diverse geographic
spread of not spots

5. Central Superfast
James Cushing – Head of Investment
• One partnership, but funding has to be spent in LA areas,
recognising joint costs and seeking most efficient deployment model
for VFM.
• Other activities within LA’s including demand stimulation, registration
and activates to engage with our residents and businesses. Also
policies to support rollout of broadband in new developments.

6. Project 3
• Project Value - £3.48m secured through South East Midlands
Local Enterprise Partnership Local Growth Fund and BDUK.
• The project will focus on hard-to-reach properties or those that
have not benefitted from existing projects.
• Support alternative technologies to reach these premises, but
need to be robust, reliable, scalable, upgradable and inline with
State aid framework- we are technology neutral.
• The Open Market Review and Public Consultation completed.
Identifies 31,000 ‘white area premises’
• Tender process anticipated to begin end March 2017.
• Contract Award anticipated for June 2017

7. Anticipated Requirement

8. What’s New
• The Corporate Strategy for each of the authorities and overall Joint Broadband Plan
objective is now to get as close to 100% coverage as possible.
• Investment in NGA broadband will focus on delivering speeds of 30 Mbps,
alternatively suppliers must deliver a ’step change’ in broadband capability. (Download
speeds must be at least doubled and substantially higher upload speeds provided.)
• BDUK 3 will be run in line with the National Broadband Scheme 2016
• Central Superfast outlined the current plans to run an OJEU procurement under the
new State Aid rules.
• Local economic growth priorities and social and digital inclusion objectives remain.

9. Amount Fund status Requirements for funding
Local Body
Central Bedfordshire
£1,393,017 Confirmed Funding associated to an LA must be spent in
this LA as per Joint Partnership Agreement
Local Body Bedford
Borough
£1,002,972 Confirmed Funding associated to an LA must be spent in
this LA as per Joint Partnership Agreement
Local Body Milton Keynes £896,817 Confirmed Funding associated to an LA must be spent in
this LA as per Joint Partnership Agreement
Local Body Luton Borough £142,784 Confirmed Funding associated to an LA must be spent in
this LA as per Joint Partnership Agreement,
Focus on Enterprise Zone.
Total £3,435,591 Confirmed
Available Funding

10. Local Authority Unserved
Premises
NGA Broadband
Funding
Total Funding
LOT 1
Central Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough
Luton Borough
3997
2380
2266
(8643)
£2,538,774 £2,538,774
LOT 2 Milton Keynes 3319 £896,817 £896,817
LOT 3
Central Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough
Luton Borough
Milton Keynes
3997
2380
2266
3319
(11,962)
£3,435,591 £3,435,591
Anticipated ‘Lotting’ Strategy

11. Thoughts and Questions?