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.
7. Commercial process for Project Gigabit Interventions
We will allocate funding from the programme for each intervention at the procurement stage. The budget will be specified within the relevant procurement documentation following the PR. Details of any restrictions on the use of public subsidy will be explained in the tender documentation. We intend to procure gigabit-capable solutions - those capable of achieving a minimum of 1Gbps download speed - for the identified areas in scope for gigabit-capable deployment.
Suppliers have the opportunity, during the OMR and PR processes, to share firm and credible investment plans that may mean that public subsidy will not be warranted. This OMR and the PR will establish these plans. Please see Annex C for guidance on how supporting evidence is used to assess coverage.
Final IAs may be a subset of the premises classified as White in the subsidy assessment and will be subject to overlays, including other active/planned public interventions (e.g. the R100 Programme and other Project Gigabit interventions).
We determine Project Gigabit interventions in line with UK Government. For further guidance on how we determine IAs for subsidy, please refer to Section 6 of Building Digital UK’s (BDUK) guidance: ‘Determining Intervention Areas’ of the Open Market Review (OMR) and Public Review (PR) - Subsidy Control Classification Guidance.[7]
Contact
Email: gigabitomr@gov.scot