Planning

PfH Pipeline Notice 2025 Interior Decorating and Furnishing Framework

PROCUREMENT FOR HOUSING

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Planning

16 May 2025 at 07:43

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by Procurement for Housing, a sub-central government public authority based in Birchwood, Warrington, involves the planning stage of a framework agreement titled "PfH Pipeline Notice 2025 Interior Decorating and Furnishing Framework" set within the services industry category. This process, directed by the Capital and Infrastructure Team, aims to establish a framework for interior decorating and furnishing solutions across the United Kingdom. With key dates such as the publication date on 16 May 2025 and a planned contract period from 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2029, businesses have ample time to prepare for the future notice deadline of 1 July 2025. The framework agreement covers broad areas including decorative and furniture solutions, with an estimated gross value of £78 million.

This tender represents an excellent opportunity for businesses looking to expand their reach within the social housing sector. Companies specialising in interior decorating services, furnishings, and related products such as paint and flooring will find this framework well-suited to their offerings. Additionally, the procurement process is structured to accommodate small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), thus broadening the scope for a wider range of bidders. The integration of both retail and trade decorative solutions, alongside furniture and flooring provisions, presents substantial growth potential for businesses that can provide innovative solutions and reliable service delivery to a vast network managed by PfH members.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

PfH Pipeline Notice 2025 Interior Decorating and Furnishing Framework

Notice 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 Interior Decorating and Furnishing Solutions. The Framework is expected to include: * Retail Decorative Solutions - redeemable decorative solutions such as paper voucher, card, electronic point of sale voucher, magnetic strip card, e-voucher etc. in varying denominations, made available to PfH members via multiple platforms to subsequently enable end-users to purchase decorative products such as paint, woodwork treatment, wall coverings, decorative cleaning materials, furnishings, decorative tools and equipment, decorative sundries and associated decorating products. * Trade Decorative Solutions - provision of paint and associated products and services such as internal paints, masonry, and other external paints and coatings, specialist paints, wallpapers, sundries and associated materials as required. * Furniture - includes lounge furniture, dining room furniture, bedroom furniture and beds, all in varying materials and finishes. As well as this, members will also be able to purchase textile articles i.e. curtains, blinds, bed linen, and towels. * Flooring - including soft surface and hard surface flooring; underlay, carpet, wood, wood effect, non-slip flooring, grip matting, gripper rods, area rugs, tile, laminate, covering natural stone, marble, ceramic and porcelain vinyl, and miscellaneous such as cork and rubber. Suppliers will consult with members and tenants and offer a design service as well as post-fitting cleaning and disposal of old

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051531
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021997-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic, Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

39000000 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39100000 - Furniture

44800000 - Paints, varnishes and mastics

79931000 - Interior decorating services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£65,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Jul 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
3 Nov 2025 - 2 Nov 2029 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
PROCUREMENT FOR HOUSING
Contact Name
Capital and Infrastructure Team
Contact Email
responsiveworks@pfh.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON
Postcode
WA2 0YL
Post Town
Warrington
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD61 Warrington
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Poulton North
Westminster Constituency
Warrington North

Further Information

Notice Documents

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