The Odsal club entered administration on 26 June and joint administrator Brendan Guilfoyle made the club's entire coaching staff redundant on 2 July.
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But on Saturday they came from Andrew Andronikou, the joint administrator.
Jones Day has been brought in by FRP Advisory, the joint administrator to BHS.
Tom MacLennan of FRP Advisory was appointed joint administrator on Tuesday.
David Whitehouse, Rangers' joint administrator, said the bid is "substantially lower" than the £12m that was reported morning.
Hunter Kelly, joint administrator, said Republic had suffered from a "very sudden and rapid decline in sales in late January".
Officers Club, which is based at Cramlington, near Newcastle, was facing difficult trading conditions, joint administrator Joe McLean said.
Hunter Kelly, joint administrator to City Link, said: "City Link Limited has incurred substantial losses over several years.
Nick Edwards, joint administrator, said Friday's redundancies were a "difficult decision, but a necessary one in restructuring the business".
The offer was made to Bradford's joint administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, by a group of local Asian businessmen, known as the ABC consortium, but came with strings attached.
