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Together Housing Association Limited

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Planning

07 Oct 2026 at 17:07

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Together Housing Association Limited plans to procure an electronic tendering platform for its procurement activity. The platform is intended to let the association run tendering exercises and publish relevant procurement notices to the Find a Tender platform. The buyer is based in Halifax, and the listed delivery location is the United Kingdom. The procurement is for a software product rather than a service or construction project. The association is engaging with suppliers to understand what e-tendering platforms are available, their functionality, likely costs and the factors that influence those costs. It also wants to learn about suppliers’ technology roadmaps and how platforms could integrate with other systems and processes.

This procurement is at the planning stage: Together Housing Association has stated its intention to source a platform, but has not issued an invitation to tender. The buyer expects the contract to run from 1 February 2028 to 31 January 2035. Its stated gross value is £150,000. The procurement is structured as one lot, with small and medium-sized enterprises identified as suitable. The buyer is undertaking preliminary market engagement, inviting interested suppliers to request a questionnaire by email and return completed questionnaires by 23 October 2026. This engagement is to inform the buyer’s understanding of available solutions, functionality, costs and cost drivers, future technology developments and integration possibilities. No evaluation basis or award procedure is set out at this planning stage.

This is relevant to suppliers that develop or provide e-tendering software for public-sector procurement. The buyer is exploring platform functionality for managing tender exercises and publishing procurement notices, so suppliers should be prepared to explain how their systems support these tasks. It is also seeking insight into integration with other systems and processes, and into future technology developments; suppliers with clear product roadmaps and experience connecting procurement platforms with wider business systems are well placed to contribute. The buyer wants to understand pricing and the factors affecting costs, making a transparent account of licensing, implementation and other relevant cost drivers useful for market engagement. SMEs are considered suitable for the single lot. The engagement is intended to shape the buyer’s understanding before it moves to a tender.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Procurement Tender Platform

Notice Description

Together Housing Association are looking to source an e-tendering platform to conduct tendering exercises and to publish relevant notices to the Find a Tender platform. THA are seeking to engage with suppliers in connection with the provision of this platform. THA wish to engage with the market to expand our understanding of the e-tendering platforms available to us. This will include an understanding of the functionality of those solutions and likely associated costs and cost influencers, as well as understanding roadmaps for future technology developments and potential integration with other systems and processes.

Planning Information

Interested suppliers should email thgprocurementeoi@togetherhousing.co.uk in order to receive a copy of our market engagement questionnaire Completed questionnaires should be returned by email to thgprocurementeoi@togetherhousing.co.uk no later than 23rd of October 2026

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07832f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094948-2026
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
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48490000 - Procurement software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Feb 2028 - 31 Jan 2035 Over 5 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
Together Housing Association Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HALIFAX
Postcode
HX1 2EB
Postcode Area
Halifax
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)
Local Authority
Calderdale
Electoral Ward
Town
Westminster Constituency
Halifax

Further Information

Notice Documents

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