Purpose

The County Council is working with the food
and drink agricultural sectors across Sussex to improve their
economic performance by co-developing foundational technology (e.g.
5G and Artificial Intelligence) use cases with telecoms and
technology partners, education centres and commercial
producers.
 
External funding has been sought and a
procurement process to select a technology provider/operator to
take forward the project has commenced, following decision
SSED01 23/24 taken in December
2023. 

Decision

The Director of Place Services has agreed to
award of contract(s) to implement the digital innovation project to
Boldyn Networks PNE UK Limited for a period of three years from the
decision date, with a further optional extension of up to two
years.  The total value of the contract,
including the extension period, is £2,668,781.75.