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Published 16 May 2025, 08:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PfH Pipeline Notice 2025 Materials Framework

Official notice

Authority: Procurement for Housing (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£1,704,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 28 Feb 2031 · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement 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 90% of UK’ social housing stock, with PfH helping them to achieve efficiency savings using a wide range of services including framework agreements, dynamic purchasing systems, spend analyses, strategy reviews, consolidated billing and comprehensive reporting. PfH is a contracting authority under section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023 and a centralised procurement authority under section 1(4) of that Act.

Please refer to www.pfh.co.uk ↗ for additional information.

PfH is administered by Inprova Limited and is headquartered in the North West of England with over 20 years of expertise and experience offering a complete procurement solutions package across outsourcing, technology and consultancy. By integrating procurement services and technology, Inprova operates as a delivery partner, supporting business performance improvement for the public sector.

PfH intends to establish a framework agreement for the supply of materials and associated services. The framework will provide access to local, regional and national supply chain partners for the supply, distribution and management of materials for responsive works, planned maintenance and retrofit works. This will include:

  • Plumbing, Heating & Gas
  • Electrical
  • Building Materials
  • Aids & Adaptations
  • National Consortia for Independent Merchants
  • Managed Stores
  • Managed Services
  • Specialist Supply Services
  • On Demand Supply
  • Van Stock Management Technology

CPV: Construction materials and associated items

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Mar 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 – 28 Feb 2031 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “PfH Pipeline Notice 2025 Materials Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
16 May 2025, 08:51 BST
Last source update
16 May 2025, 08:51 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022004
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Construction materials and associated items
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051538 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

16 May 2025 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 May 2025, 08:51 BST
  2. Tender notice expected117 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 124 days
    1 Mar 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    16 May 2025, 08:51 BST
    UK1

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

Procurement for Housing

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 07662661 2 Olympic Way, Birchwood, Warrington, North West, WA2 0YLContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender