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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Building Materials, Tools & Hardware Supplies"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement - Building Materials, Tools & Hardware Supplies

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-building-materials-tools-hardware-supplies-ocds-h6vhtk-06e02f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Building Materials, Tools & Hardware Supplies". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/crescent-purchasing-consortium-limited-GB-PPON-PZPR-8554-XHNX)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building materials
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-building-materials-tools-hardware-supplies-ocds-h6vhtk-06e02f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e02f`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-building-materials-tools-hardware-supplies-ocds-h6vhtk-06e02f#tl-md)

## Description
CPC’s current framework agreement for Building Materials is expiring in February 2027, and as a result, we are now beginning the process of engaging with the market to assist in the creation of the new iteration of the framework.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 44111000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 29/01/2027 to 28/01/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F075754-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-10T13:00:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:31:02.052Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e02f