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Published 16 May 2025, 08:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PfH Pre-Market Engagement Notice 2026 -Assisted Living Solutions, Kitchens & Appliances Framework

Official notice

Authority: Procurement for Housing (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£50,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 22 Jan 2031 · starts 23 Jan 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 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 published

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 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)
Domestic appliancesInstallation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machinesLaundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machinesLiftsStairlifts
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05153b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

16 May 2025 → 23 Jan 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 May 2025, 08:53 BST
  2. Latest notice published158 days ago
    21 May 2026, 12:35 BST
  3. Market engagement125 days ago
    23 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.

  4. Tender notice expected117 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 87 days
    23 Jan 2027

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    16 May 2025, 08:53 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 May 2026, 12:35 BST
    UK2

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 (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure