Palladian Academy Trust - Comms & Security Partner
- Buyer
- PALLADIAN ACADEMY TRUST
- Value
- £500,000
- Closes
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Bath, the North East
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Palladian Academy Trust, which runs schools from age 4 to 19 across Bath and Wiltshire, wants a company to provide and manage the internet, network security and filtering for all its schools. The contract is worth £500,000 and includes installing and transferring the services, then supporting them on an ongoing basis.
What the buyer wants
• Provide a leased-line broadband connection for each school, meeting at least DfE guidelines, plus a diverse failover line, a firewall, and filtering and monitoring that meets the latest KCSIE standards. • Deliver a full installation and transition service, then ongoing support, maintenance, monitoring, management and reporting under a single end-to-end SLA, including managing any third parties needed to provide the service. • Work directly with the Trust's existing managed service provider (Medhurst) as if they were part of the Trust, keeping communication open, transparent and timely, and offer value-added services.
Requirements
What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): The notice sets no formal eligibility threshold, but the requirement for leased-line connections at every school, a single end-to-end SLA covering all sites, and management of third-party suppliers would likely rule out a small business working alone.
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How to bid
This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.
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