The Contract Notice for the  Acquisition, Design and Build (ADB) Framework has today been published, marking an important milestone in the publicly funded element of the programme.

The ADB framework is designed to appoint suppliers to provide all of the services of Acquisition, Design and Build services for telecoms mast base station sites.

The publicly funded elements of the Shared Rural Network will follow an open, fair and transparent competitive procurement process. In line with procurement law, state aid rules and government policies there will be a role for the whole supply chain in the procurement process.

The Contract Notice for the Managed Services Framework will be published before the end of the year.

More information is available at: https://srn.org.uk/procurement/