The Government’s broadband tender process remains competitive even with just one bidder left in the race, the most senior official in charge of the project has claimed. Mr Mulligan said the sole remaining bidder, the Enet-led consortium, would be operating in a highly competitive and changeable market and “needed to hit the ground running”. “Their prerogative is to make a rate of return and to get bums on seats as they say. But Mr Mulligan insisted the plan would be delivered on time and at a competitive price for the taxpayer. Pole positionThe department’s tender process was rocked earlier this month by the surprise exit of Eir, which had been favourite to win the contract.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2018 13:18 UTC