AQW 20221/22-27 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on Project Gigabit.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 9 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 24 January 2025
- Answered
- 14 January 20255 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The procurement for Project Gigabit commenced on 11 November 2024 with an invitation to interested suppliers to complete a selection questionnaire to demonstrate their capacity and capability to deliver such a contract. Those suppliers who meet the published criteria of the selection questionnaire will be invited to submit a response to the requirements of the Invitation to Tender for the project. The procurement will seek a supplier to address an initial scope of approximately 11,000 premises here.
My Department expects to award a contract for Project Gigabit in the coming months, subject to compliant bids being made, bids meeting the published criteria, and all necessary approvals being agreed.