Planning

Property Maintenance & Construction Materials

GREAT PLACES HOUSING GROUP LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

PlanningUpdate

13 Nov 2025 at 16:18

Planning

29 Oct 2025 at 12:01

Summary of the contracting process

The Great Places Housing Group Limited, a sub-central government public authority based in Manchester, has initiated a procurement process for the supply of property maintenance and construction materials. This procurement is at the planning update stage, with a preliminary market engagement scheduled to conclude on 28th November 2025. The engagement aims to develop an open framework consisting of various lots based on goods categories and potentially geographic areas. The process is anticipated to involve several stages, including gauging supplier interest, determining supplier numbers per lot, defining lot specifications, and exploring pricing mechanisms. The procurement value is approximately GBP 44 million, targeting locations across the UK, particularly regions UKD and UKE3. The contract period is expected to run from May 2026 to April 2034.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for SMEs capable of supplying construction materials, repair goods, and other allied products. The envisaged open framework will allow numerous suppliers to participate, creating a competitive environment favourable for innovation and fair pricing. Suppliers of construction materials, such as timber, rubber, plastic materials, electrical supplies, and various fabricated products, will find this an ideal opportunity to secure long-term contracts. The framework's structure, allowing lots to reopen at different frequencies, ensures continued access to opportunities and potential adjustments based on market changes. With the planned procurement process framework, businesses can align their growth strategies with GPHG's extensive requirements, ensuring a strategic partnership with a prominent public authority.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Property Maintenance & Construction Materials

Notice Description

Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) is seeking to appoint suppliers of a wide range of construction and allied goods and materials, primarily used in maintenance and repair, but also for some materials used in domestic new-build construction. GPHG currently envisages an open framework which will have a number of lots corresponding to the categories of goods supplied.

Planning Information

Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) operates a warehouse Distribution Centre in Trafford Park, Manchester, through which it provides building repairs and other materials to repairs and grounds maintenance operatives and other staff as required. These materials may be distributed out of the warehouse, delivered direct to site, or picked up by operatives from suppliers' premises as appropriate. In addition, GPHG may seek to procure bulk construction materials, for example bricks, block and joinery materials, for the new build construction of domestic dwellings. GPHG currently envisages establishing an open framework for the provision of these goods, made up of a number of Lots defined by the category of goods required, and possibly by geographical areas served for certain categories of materials. GPHG expects that Lots will likely be re-opened at different frequencies (for instance, high volume & high cost lots may be re-opened annually, whilst other may be re-opened bi- or tri- annually). This engagement seeks to: a) gauge the numbers of suppliers interested in supplying the various categories of goods across GPHG areas b) assist in determining the number of suppliers required or permitted on each specific lot c) determine what will be the most efficient and appropriate number of lots d) help determine the definitions and scope of the individual lots e) assist in understanding how closely goods required should be specified f) determine how various pricing mechanisms may be approached in a fair and open manner in tenders g) assess how delivery lead times, price review mechanisms and invoicing requirements might be specified in tender requirements Responses are sought electronically via reply to an MS Forms survey: https://forms.office.com/e/wWtcP9bJG2 The survey should take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Respondents must declare any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest. Deadline for responses: 28th November 2025 Great Places reserves the right to extend this deadline at its discretion. Great Places reserves the right to conduct additional pre-market engagement not described in this notice to help meet the objectives of the PME. For example, this may include phone calls, email correspondence, follow up surveys etc. This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 and is for preliminary market engagement only.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-052635
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073690-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

19 - Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials

22 - Printed matter and related products

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

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

41 - Collected and purified water

42 - Industrial machinery

43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

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


CPV Codes

03414000 - Rough wood

03415000 - Softwood

03419000 - Timber

03450000 - Tree-nursery products

19500000 - Rubber and plastic materials

22900000 - Miscellaneous printed matter

31100000 - Electric motors, generators and transformers

31200000 - Electricity distribution and control apparatus

31300000 - Insulated wire and cable

31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps

31620000 - Sound or visual signalling apparatus

31640000 - Machines and apparatus with individual functions

31650000 - Insulating fittings

31680000 - Electrical supplies and accessories

31700000 - Electronic, electromechanical and electrotechnical supplies

39300000 - Miscellaneous equipment

39800000 - Cleaning and polishing products

41100000 - Natural water

42500000 - Cooling and ventilation equipment

43800000 - Workshop equipment

44100000 - Construction materials and associated items

44200000 - Structural products

44300000 - Cable, wire and related products

44400000 - Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items

44500000 - Tools, locks, keys, hinges, fasteners, chain and springs

44600000 - Tanks, reservoirs and containers; central-heating radiators and boilers

44800000 - Paints, varnishes and mastics

44900000 - Stone for construction, limestone, gypsum and slate

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£36,666,667 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Nov 20253 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
6 Jan 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2034 Over 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
GREAT PLACES HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@greatplaces.org.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M21 7QP
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England), TLE3 South Yorkshire

Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Chorlton Park
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Withington

Further Information

Notice Documents

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