Notice Information
Notice Title
Technical Consultancy Services 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 Technical Consultancy Services. The framework will operate nationally, for four years and will cover professional support services relating to areas such as Project Management, Cost management, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Architectural Services, CDM, General construction-related consultancy services and Net Zero and a range of other consultancy services. The framework will be divided into lots, which will be set out in the Tender Notice.
Planning Information
Pfh is looking to engage with the market to get feedback on the current Technical Services framework, including services that are currently included and those that should be considered, including feedback on what the lot structure should be. Pfh will be running a series of supplier engagement sessions in February and March 2026; these will include one-to-one and group webinar sessions. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session, please express your interest by emailing twoods@pfh.co.uk. The closing date for expressing interest to be included in the preliminary market engagement sessions is no later than midday on 27th February 2026. Further details will be provided to you via email following your expression of interest. If you can include in the email Header “Preliminary Market Engagement – Consultancy” with a brief description of your organisation and the type of services you offer. We will aim to contact you from mid-January to February 2026 to coordinate sessions and gather your feedback and suggestions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051539
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084353-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic, Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
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- CPV Codes
71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
90700000 - Environmental services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £120,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Dec 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 29 May 20266 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2030 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
- Asset Works and Compliance Team, Tony Woods
- Contact Email
- plannedworks@pfh.co.uk, twoods@pfh.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +447548834873
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
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084353-2025
18th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022005-2025
16th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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