Official UK procurement notice
Material Supply & Merchant Services Framework
Authority: PROSPER (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Preliminary market engagement (PME) where the tender documentation is not yet available.
The authority seeks to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework for the provision of Materials Supply & Merchant services, for its members and other Public Sector Contracting Bodies across the UK. The framework is split into Ten lots:
- Lot 1: Sanitaryware
- Lot 2: Heating
- Lot 3: Electrical
- Lot 4: Flooring
- Lot 5: Tiling
- Lot 6: Windows & Doors
- Lot 7: Fire Doors
- Lot 8: Roofing
- Lot 9: Solar PV & Battery Storage
- Lot 10: Merchant Services - Managed Stores Lot 10 will be split into Seven Regional Sub-Lots:
- Sub-Lot 1 – North
- Sub-Lot 2 – Central
- Sub-Lot 3 – South East
- Sub-Lot 4 – South West
- Sub-Lot 5 – Wales
- Sub-Lot 6 – Scotland
- Sub-Lot 7 – Northern Ireland.
CPV: Bathroom furniture · Construction materials and associated items · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Water heaters and heating for buildings; plumbing equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 5 May 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Material Supply & Merchant Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Construction materials and associated items (CPV 4410), and who usually turns up
PROSPER has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction materials and associated items (CPV 4410) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 77 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid3% / 0%
2–33% / 22%
4–616% / 56%
7+78% / 22%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4410Published estimate£500m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 21 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid19%
2–352%
4–624%
7+5%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jan 2026, 11:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2026, 11:22 GMT
- Authority reference
DN798188- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004704- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0609acFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
20 Jan 2026 → 5 May 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published274 days ago20 Jan 2026, 11:22 GMT
- Market engagement259 days ago3 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
The submission deadline for the Request for Information (RFI) is shown below
A Request for Information (RFI) in this case is where Prosper are at an early stage in development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, seeks input from the market as to what might be the most potentially attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity, and to explore potential solutions and refine requirements.
The exercise will also provide an opportunity for Prosper to obtain insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed framework from the market.
The RFI for Material Supply & Merchant Services Framework is available on the Proactis ProContract eTendering Portal (procontract.due-north.com/register ↗). Please refer to instructions below on how to express your interest.
The RFI is available within a Public Message for this opportunity on the Portal and suppliers should follow the instructions for completing the RFI as captured within the Public Message.
To ensure that equal treatment principles are upheld, any information provided by the market that PROSPER deems to be non-confidential or commercially sensitive which shapes our procurement process, proposed route and any refinements will be shared as part of the tender process, including details of the process and outcomes.
Potential bidders will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this RFI. Potential bidders must also note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement that Prosper may conduct, nor that Prosper will procure any such supply and services or accept any proposals offered.
All organisations intending to submit a bid for opportunities published under the Procurement Act 2023 must also be registered on the Central Digital Platform and any which are not will be unable to submit responses.
For further details on the Procurement Act, including registration on the Central Digital Platform can be found as follows:
www.gov.uk/government/collectio… ↗
For all Prosper procurements, including this Material Supply & Merchant Services Framework, registration will also be required on Proactis ProContract e-Tendering System. (procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗)
To access the Request for Information
Go to the Proactis ProContract Portal procontract.due-north.com/register ↗
- Register (if not already registered on ProContract)
- Click ‘Find Opportunities’ link on the Recently added opportunities bar
- On Left hand side use the dropdown under Organisations and select PROSPER
- The current opportunities available will be displayed.
- Click on the title of Material Supply & Merchant Services Framework
- Click ‘Login and Register interest in this opportunity’
Once you have expressed an interest, open this opportunity from the Activity dashboard. Please access the Messages area for any further communications on this preliminary market engagement, including the RFI documentation. Follow the instructions contained within the message to submit your response to the RFI.
Any questions or clarifications relating to this pre market engagement should also be submitted to PROSPER using the Message facility.
- Tender notice expected249 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts169 days ago5 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Jan 2026, 11:22 GMTUK2
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
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