Germany – Telephone and data transmission services – Pachtweise Überlassung und Betrieb eines zu errichtenden passiven Gigabitnetzes in unterversorgten Gebieten d. Südthüringen Cl. 1(Los 1), LK Eichsfeld Cl. 2(Los 2), Mittelthüringen Cl. 3(Los 3), VG Ranis Ziegenrück(Los 4), VG Hügelland Täler(Los 5), VG Straußfurt(Los 6), Hildburghausen Cl. 2(Los 7), Mittelthüringen Cl. 2(Los 8), Landkreis Sonneberg Cl. 2(Los 9) und Nordthüringen Cl. 3(Los 10)

Lease and operation of a passive gigabit broadband network to be constructed in underserved areas of the South Thuringia Cluster 1 (Lot 1), Eichsfeld District Cluster 2 (Lot 2), Central Thuringia Cluster 3 (Lot 3), Ranis Ziegenrück Municipality (Lot 4), Hügelland Täler Municipality (Lot 5), Straußfurt Municipality (Lot 6), Hildburghausen Cluster 2 (Lot 7), Central Thuringia Cluster 2 (Lot 8), Sonneberg District Cluster 2 (Lot 9) and North Thuringia Cluster 3 (Lot 10).

The present notice concerns the award of a service concession (Section 105(1) No. 2 GWB, Sections 1 et seq. KonzVgV), where the focus of the procurement is on the operation of a gigabit broadband network and the provision of broadband telecommunications services. The purpose of the service concession is to enable the lease and operation of a passive gigabit broadband network to be constructed in the expansion area. In this context, reference is made to the exception in Section 149 No. 8 GWB.

Thüringer Glasfasergesellschaft mbH (hereinafter "granting authority") intends to lease a subsidised passive gigabit broadband network to a telecommunications company and to commission the concessionaire with the operation of this gigabit broadband network. The concessionaire must operate the gigabit broadband network for at least the minimum operating period of seven full years, as stipulated by funding law, after the complete completion of the gigabit broadband network. The concessionaire must equip the passive broadband infrastructure to be constructed by the granting authority with active network components, operate it during the contract period, maintain it at its own expense, and ensure comprehensive, reliable supply of the expansion area and all connection points located there with broadband internet access and corresponding services at market prices, taking into account open access. The granting authority has applied for funding under the "Directive on the promotion of support for the gigabit expansion of telecommunications networks in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Gigabit Directive 2.0) within the scope of the funding subject 3.2 (operator model). The granting authority has also applied for co-financing of the federal funding under the "Directive of the Free State of Thuringia on the promotion of the expansion of gigabit-capable broadband infrastructures (Gigabit Directive)". For details, please refer to the tender documents, which can be downloaded from https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/notice/CXP4YKPM7V1/documents.

If, during the ongoing tendering process, changes in the area structure of the individual lots occur, for example due to binding commercial expansion commitments from telecommunications companies or the cancellation of commercial expansion commitments from telecommunications companies, the granting authority reserves the right to make a corresponding adjustment to the addresses of the tender items in the expansion area. In the event of such adjustments, all bidders participating in the procedure will be invited to take the adjustments into account when preparing the offer or to revise offers already submitted. Furthermore, changes in the fundable addresses in the individual lots may occur due to the incomplete migration of address data in the online portal of the project sponsor of the Federal Government. Such address changes will be communicated with the invitation to submit offers. For the design of the negotiation procedure, please refer to the detailed explanations under Section 4 e) ff) of the accompanying document to the notice, which can be downloaded from https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/notice/CXP4YKPM7V1/documents.