# Independent Assessor to the Shared Rural Network

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Culture Media & Sport](/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Real Wireless Limited
- Award value: £249,600
- Tender value: £249,600
- Award date: 7 May 2021
- Published: 19 July 2021
- Contract start: 18 May 2021
- Contract end: 17 May 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 67a23a15-7246-4250-9a21-4fdf91a8cfda-452619
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-da41f4da-ef8a-4d7e-85b4-89ff66c6ef68

## Description

In 2020 the Government announced that it had entered into agreement with mobile operators to provide grant funding in order to deliver the 'Shared Rural Network' which seeks to increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom\. DCMS requires a supplier to monitor the progress of the 'Total Not Spot Sites' \(TNS\) deployment\. The Independent Assessor will observe, monitor and scrutinise the execution of the steps of the TNS delivery process\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67a23a15-7246-4250-9a21-4fdf91a8cfda-452619)