5G Testbeds and Trials Programme

Market Engagement Registration for the Urban Connected Communities Project

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

30 March 2018

Market Engagement Registration for the Urban Connected Communities Project

  1. Introduction

This document sets out the process to register for market engagement for organisations interested in the Urban Connected Communities project being developed by the DCMS 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme.

Public sector authorities registering separately with an expression of interest in the project do not need to register for market engagement.

Please also see the Urban Connected Communities - Overview document for further information about the project.

  1. Purpose

The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to solicit views and feedback from interested organisations to inform the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme’s development of an Urban Connect Communities project. This will include the following areas (among others):

  • The potential scope of a project.
  • The high level requirements to inform what is required for successful delivery of what will become a complex programme of interrelated projects.
  • Potential commercial approaches to the delivery and sustainability of a project.

We will make available information to all registering organisations and we will welcome feedback. We will also invite organisations to events for further discussion. Initial events will take place in May and June 2018, with potentially further follow up communications and events subsequently.

Local offices of national private sector asset owners and service providers should consider asking their head office to register as part of this market engagement exercise.

There is no deadline for registration.

We also encourage organisations interested in the developing 5G ecosystem in the UK to engage with the UK5G Innovation Network. UK5G is the new national innovation network dedicated to the promotion of research, collaboration and the commercial application of 5G in the UK. This ‘network of networks’ will facilitate and encourage the engagement and coordination of organisations working on 5G activities across the UK. It will enhance links between ongoing research and development and other activities being undertaken by organisations across telecoms and other sectors, as well as the testbeds and trials that will be funded through the UK Government’s 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. It will facilitate the joining up of businesses, large and small, academic institutions and the public sector throughout the UK. For more detail, go to the UK5G website.

  1. Notices

Please note that registering for market engagement does not constitute any form of prequalification for future engagement in the delivery of the Urban Connected Communities project.

This document is available in text format on the Department’s website. Should you require access to this document in another format (e.g. Braille, large font or audio) please contact us on 020 7211 6000 or .

Information provided in response to this document, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with access to information regimes, primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) (and from 25 May 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) OJ L 119/1, 4.5.2016 (GDPR)).

If you would want the information that you provide to be treated confidentially, please be aware that, in accordance with the FOIA, public authorities are required to comply with a statutory code of practice which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence. In view of this, it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you wish that information to be treated confidentially. If we receive a request for disclosure of that information, we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will process your personal data in accordance with the DPA (and the GDPR once in effect) and, in the majority of circumstances, this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  1. Market engagement registration form

To register for market engagement please copy the form below, complete your details and email to with the email subject heading of ‘Market Engagement for the Urban Connected Communities Project’.

CONTACT DETAILS
Organisation Name:
Address:
Postcode:
Contact Name:
Contact Telephone:
Contact Role:
Contact Email:
Additional Information (optional):
Please indicate whether you are interested on the basis of:
Undertaking a lead role as project development partner
Undertaking a lead role as network connectivity provider
Any other purpose (please specify below)
Organisation background details
Are you willing for DCMS to share contact details with:
Public sector authorities submitting an application for the grant
Other organisations attending events as part of the market engagement exercise
UK5G, to receive information about UK5G activities and events

The 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme team will confirm by email receipt of your registration for market engagement. If you do not receive confirmation with 2 working days please or if you have any further queries in relation to this this document, please contact us by email to . If you are not able to contact via email, please respond to:

5G Testbeds and Trials Programme

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

100 Parliament Street

London

SW1A 2BQ