Superfast, ultrafast and gigabit capable broadband infrastructure - open market review - Request For Information - September 2026
An Open Market Review into current and planned broadband infrastructure across Scotland. The outcome will support the planning and prioritisation of public interventions and minimise the risk of disrupting commercial plans. Data collected will inform broadband interventions in Scotland.
4. Purpose of this National Rolling Open Market Review Request for Information
We are launching this Request for Information to establish existing and planned coverage of broadband services within Scotland. We seek responses from broadband infrastructure suppliers that operate, or are planning to operate, within Scotland over the next three years.
The results of the OMR will help us understand the broadband infrastructure (whether superfast, ultrafast or gigabit-capable) already in place and where there are plans for investment in such infrastructure in the forthcoming three years. This RFI will enable us to continue to design and make iterative updates to the areas to be targeted by public interventions at our discretion. This OMR process will be used by us in any subsequent formal PRs.
We apply a best practice approach that includes an OMR and a PR. Supplier submissions will be used to inform eligibility across Project Gigabit, the R100 Programme and other public interventions.
We will request and then evaluate the suppliers’ responses. During the evaluation exercise, we may engage with suppliers further to discuss and confirm their coverage claims.
Following this, we will be able to determine the eligibility of the premises for government subsidy. Below shows a summary of how the OMR process works:
A process map showing the steps involved in the Open Market Review process.
Step 1 issue request for information (this document), step 2 supplier provides a response, step 3 the Scottish Government evaluates the response, step 4 the Scottish Government issues clarification questions as required to suppliers, step 5 Scottish Government provides feedback to suppliers and finally step 6 the outcome is published on the Scottish Government website. (Basic Bending Process)
4.1 Open Market Review process
Where we receive new data for UPRNs which have been the subject of a previous PR determination, if it meets the evidential requirements, we may use this OMR outcome to update the previous PR determinations at our discretion.
Contact
Email: gigabitomr@gov.scot