Superfast, ultrafast and gigabit capable broadband infrastructure - Open Market Review: request for information - January 2025

2. Why should suppliers participate in this Rolling Open Market Review?

Our goal is to ensure we target the parts of the country that need government support first. By working together, we will help to maximise the use of public subsidy to help provide ever faster, better connectivity across Scotland. This will help us to identify areas which will be left out because they are not commercially viable, thereby bringing significant benefits to the Scottish economy.

We actively encourage responses to this OMR with any existing superfast, ultrafast or gigabit-capable broadband coverage, or planned broadband infrastructure build within the next three years. This means we can ensure we target the right areas for public subsidy, and avoid over-building viable, commercially planned broadband infrastructure.

Please provide us with your latest Scotland-wide dataset, and an update to your supporting evidence, every 4 months. We are aware that deployment plans change frequently and we require the latest data to evaluate your coverage accurately. You will be issued with an outcome notification following the OMR analysis which will confirm how your data has been treated.

Suppliers should ensure their data coverage and Supporting Evidence Pack remain valid and up to date. These should be reviewed alongside each submission, ideally ensuring information is no more than 6 months old. By completing a regular refresh of your content this will mitigate against outdated information, potential data misalignment and ensure that evaluators are able to assess your submission accurately.

Further details on why we encourage all suppliers to participate in this OMR process include:

• Data gathered at the OMR is used to inform the current R100 Programme, Project Gigabit interventions and both Scottish and UK voucher schemes
• Data may also be used to inform the latest Project Gigabit procurements, and changes to live contracts, and therefore it is crucial you respond to ensure that any coverage you have can be considered, and the risk of overbuild is reduced
• If we receive new data for Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) which have been the subject of a previous Public Review (PR) determination, if it meets the evidential requirements, we may use this data to update the previous PR determinations at our own discretion
• Responding to this OMR enables us to understand your latest build plans and therefore best target public subsidy towards non-commercially viable areas
• As part of your OMR analysis, suppliers will receive notification of how we have treated your data and why
• In addition, we also maintain a publicly available list of Subsidy Control classifications by postcode and individual UPRN for gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure.

Where we currently hold public intervention data for suppliers, this can be provided in advance of your submission by request. It is important that data held by the Scottish Government is up to date and accurate and that supplier data is accurately reflected in your data coverage return. Direct any request to: gigabitomr@gov.scot