Germany – Telecommunications services – Geförderte Errichtung und Betrieb einer nachhaltigen und hochleistungsfähigen Telekommunikationsnetzinfrastruktur im Sinne von Nr. 3.1 gem. Gigabit-Richtlinie 2.0 des Bundes sowie DiOS 2023 im Landkreis Zwickau, hier Cluster 2

The Landkreis Zwickau is conducting a negotiated procedure with prior qualification for the promotion of the expansion of sustainable, future-proof and high-performance broadband infrastructures (so-called Gigabit infrastructures within the meaning of the Directive on the Promotion of the Support for the Gigabit Expansion of Telecommunications Networks in the Federal Republic of Germany (Gigabit Directive 2.0) of 30 April 2024 (hereinafter: Federal Funding Directive) with fast Internet connections for the eligible addresses in Cluster 2 of the Landkreis Zwickau (also referred to as the project area) in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the Award of Concessions (Concessions Awarding Regulation, KonzVgV). For further details on the project area, please refer to the tender documents. The tender aims to achieve and promote the expansion of future-proof and convergent Gigabit networks by telecommunications network operators in the aforementioned Cluster 2/project area of the Landkreis Zwickau, in order to establish and maintain a demand-oriented broadband supply in the project area. The aim is to close the so-called economic viability gap as defined in Section 3.1 of the Federal Funding Directive. The successful bidder will receive corresponding grants, but will continue to bear the essential entrepreneurial risk for the construction and operation of the corresponding broadband infrastructure, in particular the marketing risk.