2021 Report details for project: UK Gigabit Programme

Project name UK Gigabit Programme - there is only one report for this project
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Report year 2021 (data is from March 2021)
Category Infrastructure - see all reports for this category
Description: The UK Gigabit Programme (Project Gigabit) will deliver subsidised gigabit-capable broadband to hard to reach areas of the UK that would otherwise have been left behind by broadband network providers in their commercial rollout plans. There will be local, regional and cross-regional contracts available for broadband network providers of all sizes to bid for, managed through close working relationships with local authorities and the devolved administrations. This approach will be complemented by vouchers, hubs, gigabit-capable Superfast contracts and barrier busting measures to improve pace and flexibility of delivery.
DCA (RAG) Amber/Red
DCA text: The Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating is Amber/red.This is primarily due to the following factors: This is the first GMPP submission for UK Gigabit programme and therefore it is not possible to include a change in DCA since the last report. The current DCA is 'Amber/Red', reflecting the risk of suppliers not being able to deliver at the pace required.
Start date 2021-04-01
End date 2030-12-31
Schedule text The project end-date is 31 December 2030. This is primarily due to the following factors: There is no deviation to the schedule.
Baseline £15.24m
Forecast £14.10m
Variance -7.00%
Variance text: The budget variance exceeds 5%. The variance in 20/21 is driven by changes to BDUK's target operating model which impacted on implementation, including changes to recruitment profiling during 2020/21. This also pushed back timescales and spend for implementing bespoke IT systems.
Whole Life Cost £5,035.24m
WLCost text: The projects Baseline Whole Life Cost is £5035.24m. This is primarily due to the following factors: This is the first GMPP for the UKGP, and the programme is not yet in delivery so we have recorded no capital spend on this programme yet. However forecasted costs from previous business cases have been used to illustrate the expected cost of this programme, the overall lifetime costs are expected to be £5bn.
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