# CP1973-20 Connecting Devon and Somerset Programme Value for Money Assessments

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Devon County Council](/buyers/devon-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Chris Pollard Consulting Ltd
- Award value: £15,000
- Tender value: £15,000
- Award date: 25 September 2020
- Published: 12 October 2020
- Contract start: 1 October 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6074e649-ae0f-4346-8dd8-6f71eb9c64ab-386598
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-08725966-dbee-4609-ad53-2add3156a9a5

## Description

Connecting Devon and Somerset \(CDS\) is a public sector Programme supported by the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership \(LEP\) and working with the broadband supply market to provide enhanced broadband infrastructure across the CDS area\.\\r \\r CDS have now engaged the market as part of the CDS Phase 2 with a second amount of public money to further extend the NGA Network, on a gap-funding basis\. The Intervention area being presented as Six individual geographic Lots to competitively select a supplier for each\.\\r \\r For CDS to be compliant with State aid it is required that the contracting authority seeks an independent assessment of VfM of providers submissions\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6074e649-ae0f-4346-8dd8-6f71eb9c64ab-386598)