Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RNN Group - Network Infrastructure Works

Official notice

Authority: RNN Group (Public body)·On behalf of: CORE Education Trust

WorksBelow threshold
Planned pipeline value£300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 moends 28 Nov 2025 · starts 2 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 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].

To view this notice, please click here:

invictus-inport.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Construction work · Networks

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 mo
Contract period: 2 Oct 2025 – 28 Nov 2025 (2 mo)

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)
Construction workNetworks
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a5d2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Oct 2025 → 28 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published387 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Contract starts386 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  3. Market engagement328 days ago
    28 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
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK2

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 notice

RNN Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYQV-1457-QZDD Rotherham College, Eastwood Building, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham, Yorkshire & Humber, S65 1EGContact email, phone

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure