Official UK procurement notice
PfH Pre-Market Engagement Notice 2026 -Assisted Living Solutions, Kitchens & Appliances Framework
Authority: Procurement for Housing (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEstablished 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 to cover domestic and commercial appliances covering domestic appliances, commercial laundry appliances, kitchens, catering equipment and assisted living solutions. The framework will be divided into lots which will be set out in the Tender Notice.
CPV: Domestic appliances · Installation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines · Laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines · Lifts · Stairlifts
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 23 Jan 2027
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).
- “PfH Pre-Market Engagement Notice 2026 -Assisted Living Solutions,…” 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, 08:53 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 12:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047033- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05153bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
16 May 2025 → 23 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published16 May 2025, 08:53 BST
- Latest notice published158 days ago21 May 2026, 12:35 BST
- Market engagement125 days ago23 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Pfh is looking to engage with the market to obtain market insight on some proposed aspects of the upcoming Assisted Living Solutions, Kitchens & Appliances (ALSKA) framework.
Please reach out to [email protected] for market insight to be considered.
Please note that this is simply an information gathering exercise on some proposed aspects of our forthcoming framework tender which may be subject to change.
Please include in the email Header “Preliminary Market Engagement –ALSKA” with a brief description of your organisation and the type of services you offer.
We may reach out to arrange a call to discuss any feedback in greater detail.
- Tender notice expected117 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 87 days23 Jan 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025- Pipeline notice published16 May 2025, 08:53 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 May 2026, 12:35 BSTUK2
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender