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Seems to mirror what's being seen with BDUK generally.
Background of the project: minimum 2Mbps for all and 24Mbps+ for 90% with a largely fixed budget pot.
The only correct approach: tender for a partner or partner(s) able to fulfil those requirements with risk transference to said partner(s) and contract based on performance not technology. Identify means and methodology of independent testing to ensure targets achieved before all money is paid.
The actual approach: Shoehorn all LA's into having to use BT removing any possible leverage and destroying the chance of getting the best value for money. Give BT the money. Leave them to largely roll out their preferred solution as they see fit and be left with a small amount of money left. Then discover that all the most expensive areas left to do, which were always going to be the most expensive and readily identifiable from the outset, now cannot be done because there isn't enough money left and the risk remained with the taxpayer not the commercial partner.
Result: project failure.
Background of the project: minimum 2Mbps for all and 24Mbps+ for 90% with a largely fixed budget pot.
The only correct approach: tender for a partner or partner(s) able to fulfil those requirements with risk transference to said partner(s) and contract based on performance not technology. Identify means and methodology of independent testing to ensure targets achieved before all money is paid.
The actual approach: Shoehorn all LA's into having to use BT removing any possible leverage and destroying the chance of getting the best value for money. Give BT the money. Leave them to largely roll out their preferred solution as they see fit and be left with a small amount of money left. Then discover that all the most expensive areas left to do, which were always going to be the most expensive and readily identifiable from the outset, now cannot be done because there isn't enough money left and the risk remained with the taxpayer not the commercial partner.
Result: project failure.























