Official UK procurement notice
RNN Group - Network Infrastructure Works
Authority: RNN Group (Public body)·On behalf of: CORE Education Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe RNN Group is conducting Preliminary Market Engagement in advance of their tender for a network infrastructure redesign. The Group are seeking supplier input on best practice, technologies, and delivery approaches to ensure that the solution is modern, secure, and scalable.
At a minimum, the project will replace all access points and switches. The Group also invites proposals for additional improvements, including:
•Network architecture and topology redesign
•Core and edge switching infrastructure upgrades
•Wireless infrastructure and heatmapping
•Security enhancements, resilience and redundancy
•Network monitoring and automation
The engagement will include:
1.Registration of Interest – suppliers confirm participation.
2.Supplier briefing – overview of current environment and objectives.
3.Site Visits/Surveys – suppliers assess existing infrastructure.
4.Proposals – suppliers submit non-binding recommendations and budgetary input.
5.Discussions – optional follow-up meetings to clarify proposals.
The Group aims to refine its technical requirements, gain indicative costings, and ensure that the tender is commercially viable.
No contract will be awarded as a direct result of this engagement. Participation in this process will not confer any advantage or disadvantage to any participant in any subsequent procurement.
Information shared by suppliers during this engagement will be provided on a non-confidential basis, unless explicitly identified as commercially sensitive.
Further information can be obtained from Invictus Partnership Ltd., by emailing [email protected].
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CPV: Construction work · Networks
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061284- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a5d2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 28 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- Contract starts386 days ago2 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Market engagement328 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
The engagement will include:
1.Registration of Interest – suppliers confirm participation.
2.Supplier briefing – overview of current environment and objectives.
3.Site Visits/Surveys – suppliers assess existing infrastructure.
4.Proposals – suppliers submit non-binding recommendations and budgetary input.
5.Discussions – optional follow-up meetings to clarify proposals.
No contract will be awarded as a direct result of this engagement. Participation in this process will not confer any advantage or disadvantage any participant in any subsequent procurement.
Information shared by bidders during this engagement will be provided on a non-confidential basis, unless explicitly identified as commercially sensitive.
Further information can be obtained from Invictus Partnership Ltd., by emailing [email protected]
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CORE Education TrustBeneficiary authority
- Invictus Partnership LimitedProcuring entityProcurement Consultancy
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender