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Office Supplies (Stationery and Beverages)

Great Places Housing Group

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

PlanningUpdate

30 Jul 2026 at 15:09

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

06 Jul 2026 at 16:21

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Great Places Housing Group intends to procure office stationery and beverages for delivery to its properties and offices across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. The goods include general office supplies and office equipment excluding computers, printers and furniture, together with coffee, tea, other non-alcoholic drinks, dairy products, sugar, biscuits and related preserved bakery products. This is a goods procurement serving a distributed housing organisation, so the requirement is likely to involve supplying a broad range of everyday workplace consumables and stationery to multiple operational locations. The arrangement is planned as a single requirement rather than separate lots, covering the stated areas and Great Places’ offices and properties.

This procurement is at the planning stage: Great Places has stated an intention to procure but has not issued an invitation to tender. The buyer expects the next notice to be published by 5 August 2026. The planned contract is expected to run from 11 October 2026 to 10 October 2029, with renewal permitted up to 10 October 2031. Its estimated value is £108,333.33 excluding VAT, or £130,000 including VAT, and it is below the applicable threshold. The buyer is conducting preliminary market engagement through an online survey, seeking views on scope, delivery timescales and structure, customer service and resolution processes, and supplier experience of social housing and modern slavery. Survey responses were requested by 12:00 on 5 August 2026.

The requirement should suit office supplies and workplace refreshments distributors, wholesalers and specialist suppliers able to provide stationery, office consumables, drinks, snacks and dairy products across several English counties. Suppliers will be better placed if they can manage a broad product range, reliable ordering and replenishment, coordinated deliveries to housing properties and offices, and consistent service across multiple locations. Great Places is using market engagement to explore customer service and complaint-resolution arrangements, so businesses should be ready to explain service levels, account management and escalation processes. Relevant experience of supplying social housing organisations will be useful, as will demonstrable policies and controls addressing modern slavery. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community or social enterprises are identified as suitable.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Office Supplies (Stationery and Beverages)

Notice Description

Provision of Office Stationery and Beverages delivered to Great Places' properties and offices located in Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and South Yorkshire.

Planning Information

The objectives of this PME are to understand: (1) Scope, delivery timescales and structure (2) Customer service and resolution processes (3) Experience of social housing and modern slavery We invite suppliers to complete an online survey, accessible via desktop or mobile: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/DgSPVSE4Aq The survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous by default, but you may leave your contact details if you wish to be notified when the tender is published. Respondents must declare any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest. Deadline for responses: 12:00 5th August 2026. Great Places reserves the right to extend this deadline at its discretion

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c493
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072274-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

CPV Codes

15500000 - Dairy products

15820000 - Rusks and biscuits; preserved pastry goods and cakes

15830000 - Sugar and related products

15860000 - Coffee, tea and related products

15980000 - Non-alcoholic beverages

30100000 - Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers, printers and furniture

30192000 - Office supplies

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£108,333 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
5 Aug 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
11 Oct 2026 - 10 Oct 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Great Places Housing Group
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M21 7QP
Postcode Area
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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