Award

Benefits Realisation Support for the Borderlands 5G Innovation Region programme 12 month extension

  • Cumberland Council

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-047406

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05848c

Published 8 August 2025, 4:14pm



Scope

Description

Services Sought:

12months of ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the four existing venues Borderlands 5GIR (specifically Windermere, Stranraer, Kielder and Destination Tweed) and their attend live use cases (specifically environmental monitoring, people county, car park capacity monitoring and payment processing for ferry tickets). This monitoring should include at least 1 site visit to each venue and production of final report in March'26.

This contract also includes the potential for the following optional support:

• Additional venue -Benefits identification, monitoring and evaluation. To include at least 1 site visit to new venue and incorporation of data into final report. Please provide an estimated cost per new venue.

• Additional use case at existing venue (Windermere, Stranraer, Kielder and Destination Tweed) - Benefits identification, monitoring and evaluation and incorporation into final report.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £100,000 excluding VAT
  • £120,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Award decision date

16 July 2025

Earliest date the contract will be signed

8 August 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 8 August 2025 to 7 August 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71316000 - Telecommunication consultancy services

Contract locations

  • UKD1 - Cumbria

Information about tenders

  • 2 tenders received
  • 2 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 2 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 1 supplier unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - limited competition


Supplier

FARRPOINT LIMITED

  • Companies House: SC296299
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCQJ-3837-BHCD

Ground Floor West, 2 Lochrin Square

Edinburgh

EH3 9QA

United Kingdom

Region: UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Cumberland Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJGX-9191-DYLV

Cumbria House, 107-117 Botchergate

Carlisle

CA1 1RD

United Kingdom

Region: UKD12 - East Cumbria

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government