Galway Mayo Telecommunications Network – Consultation to request market information

We are conducting a market engagement exercise in relation to the Galway Mayo Telecommunications Network.

This market engagement exercise is primarily aimed at economic operators that are telecommunications service providers and other entities or organisations that may have the expertise to manage, market and maintain an operational telecommunications network.

Analysis of the responses will assist us in determining the most appropriate procurement option to pursue (i.e., whether the subject matter is a Services Concession or a Managed Services Agreement) or any other alternative approaches.

Following completion of this process, we intend to launch a procurement process to appoint a permanent Managed Services Entity to manage the network, and it is expected that the process will take approximately 12-18 months to conclude.

The Galway Mayo Telecommunications Network consists of 132 km of ducting and fibre in the main trunk, which runs alongside the main Bord Gáis Éireann gas pipeline from Ballymoneen, Co. Galway to Bellanaboy, Co. Mayo. There is a further 22.3 km of ducting in a spur to the outskirts of Castlebar and Westport although there is currently no fibre in this element.

You are invited to submit a response to the market engagement document above. Interested parties should note that they are required to provide comment/feedback on the Departmental proposal outlined in Section 6 of the document and also provide responses to the questions set out in that Section. In addition, respondents are advised, when submitting their responses, to provide a redacted version appropriate for publication here on gov.ie.

The closing date for submissions is 5.30pm 16 February 2024

Submissions should be sent by email to DCO_GM@decc.gov.ie or by post to:

Galway Mayo Network – Consultation to Request Market Information

Digital Connectivity Office

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

29 – 31 Adelaide Road

Dublin 2

D02 X285

We are committed to engaging with stakeholders in a clear, open, and transparent manner. Any person or organisation can make a submission in relation to this market engagement exercise. We will consider all submissions and feedback before we publish the redacted versions of submitted responses.

Your response to this consultation is subject to:

• the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI)
• the Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007-2018 (AIE)
• the Data Protection Act 2018

Publishing of responses

We intend to publish the contents of all submissions received to our consultations on our website. In this regard respondents are advised that they are also required to submit a redacted version of their response appropriate for publication on the Department’s website.

Please indicate any sensitive information

In responding to this market engagement exercise, clearly indicate where your response contains any information which you would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published. This can include:

• personal information
• commercially sensitive information
• confidential information

Read our Data Privacy Notice

We would like to draw your attention to our Data Privacy Notice which explains:

• how and when we collect personal data
• why we do so
• how we treat this information
• your rights in relation to the collection of personal information
• how you can exercise those rights

As part of the consultation process, please find below links to the redacted submissions received under this consultation.

Industry Submissions

Public Body Submissions