Official UK procurement notice
Housing Services Digital Platform
Authority: Cirrus Purchasing c/o Halton Housing (Charity / VCSE)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHalton Housing sought bids from suppliers to provide a Housing Services Platform to support core areas of Repairs & Maintenance and Compliance Services.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,150,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Apr 2025, 13:05 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jan 2026, 10:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040143- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050277Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit tenders via:
Timeline
14 Apr 2025 → 28 Jan 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published14 Apr 2025, 13:05 BST
- Market engagement16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Halton Housing invites initial overview proposals from suppliers who can provide a Housing Services Platform to support core areas of Repairs & Maintenance and Compliance Services.
Interested organisations are asked to return initial overview proposals to [email protected] by 16 May 2025. A more detailed brief is available, on request, from the same email address.
The purpose of this market engagement is to understand the current capabilities within the market, explore innovative approaches, and inform our procurement strategy. Halton Housing welcome responses from suppliers who are able to meet the requirements and support in achieving operational and strategic goals.
We anticipate holding a series of virtual engagement sessions and demonstrations with selected suppliers during May and June 2025.
- Tender notice published15 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Clarification questions by31 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts396 days ago22 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent368 days ago20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends358 days ago29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published267 days ago28 Jan 2026, 10:02 GMT
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Apr 2025, 13:05 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Jul 2025, 16:04 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £1,150,00015 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Status changed to active15 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST15 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Contract award notice published20 Oct 2025, 17:50 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Oct 2025, 17:50 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Jan 2026, 10:02 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 14 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plentific LimitedSME1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2030 · up to 31 Oct 2032Extensions: This is a 5-year contract with the option to extend by a further 2 years, up to a maximum 7-year total contract term (5+2 years). | £1,300,000 inc. VAT | 20 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Plentific LimitedSME
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2025
- Value
- £1,100,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 13 Dec 2025 – 12 Dec 2030 · up to 12 Dec 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This is a 5-year contract with the option to extend by a further 2 years, up to a maximum 7-year total contract term (5+2 years).
No agreed KPIs: 4 KPIs have been set and were included in the ITT documents.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders · 12 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PLENTIFIC LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender