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# Office & Business Solutions Framework Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/office-business-solutions-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-02a319). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Procurement for Housing: "Office & Business Solutions Framework Agreement". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £35,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 May 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Procurement for Housing](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/procurement-for-housing-coh-07662661)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £35,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services, Card for printing, Chemical products, Cleaning and polishing products, Cleaning products (+55 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/office-business-solutions-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-02a319#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a319`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/office-business-solutions-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-02a319#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/office-business-solutions-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-02a319#participate

## Description
Established in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated to the social housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and HouseMark.  Collectively our Members manage more than 75% of UK’ social housing stock, with PfH helping them to achieve efficiency savings using a wide range of services including framework agreements, spend analyses, strategy reviews, consolidated billing and comprehensive reporting.
PfH is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR 2015”) and a central purchasing body under regulation 37 PCR 2015.
PfH is tendering for a framework agreement for Office & Business Solutions. Tenders were invited from suitably experienced organisations that can provide the range of products and services in addition to meeting the minimum selection criteria as set out in the tender documentation.
The Framework has been awarded for an initial period of 3 years, and may be extended for a further 12 months at the discretion of PfH.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Complete Office & Business Solutions
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 18100000, 18143000, 18200000, 18300000, 18400000, 18800000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £25,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 1 of the Framework Agreement is for complete office and business solutions covering a wide range of office associated products including but not limited to;
Envelopes, Postal, Packaging, General Office Stationery, Books and Pads, Document Present...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Office & Business Solutions Guaranteed Savings
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 18100000, 18143000, 18200000, 18300000, 18400000, 18800000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £10,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 2 - Office & Business Solutions Guaranteed Savings.
This lot covers all the same supplies & services as detailed for Lot 1.
For Lot 2 the awarded supplier will be required to support PfH members in achieving guaranteed savings over the period of ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Complete Office & Business Solutions (active)
  - Award id: `029310-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Banner Group Limited, Bates Office Services Ltd, Commercial Group (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-83774`, `GB-FTS-14706`, `GB-FTS-26784`, `GB-FTS-159392`, `GB-FTS-37467`
  - Value: £10,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Office & Business Solutions Guaranteed Savings (active)
  - Award id: `029310-2021-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Banner Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-83774`
  - Value: £25,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Complete Office & Business Solutions (active)
  - Signed Value: £10,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/10/2021

- **Contract:** Office & Business Solutions Guaranteed Savings (active)
  - Signed Value: £25,000,000
  - Signed Date: 06/07/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029310-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-25T09:05:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T05:01:55.968Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a319