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Stores Provision

believe housing

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14 Oct 2026 at 09:37

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Believe Housing Limited intends to procure a managed stores service to support repairs, empty-property work, compliance activity and planned improvements across its domestic housing portfolio. The service centres on supplying and managing construction and building materials, including plumbing and heating materials, alongside storage and warehousing. The work is associated with Believe Housing’s housing operations in County Durham and the wider North East of England. This is a service procurement combining materials provision with the stores and facilities-management capability needed to support maintenance and improvement work. Suppliers should consider whether they can serve a housing portfolio and coordinate materials availability and storage with ongoing repair, compliance and planned works.

The process is at the planning stage: Believe Housing has announced its intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It plans to publish a future procurement notice by 31 March 2027. A preliminary market engagement questionnaire is planned, with responses expected by 12:00 on 28 October 2026. The expected contract period is 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2033. The procurement is arranged as a single lot, which is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. No procedure, award method, estimated contract value or budget is set out at this stage. The engagement is intended to inform market understanding before the procurement reaches the tender stage; the questionnaire contains further engagement details.

This planned requirement may suit suppliers able to combine construction-materials supply with managed storage and reliable distribution for housing maintenance operations. Relevant capabilities include handling plumbing and heating materials, coordinating stock for repairs and empty-home works, and supporting compliance and planned improvement programmes across a domestic property portfolio. Stores operators, building-material merchants and facilities or supply-chain providers may be well placed to prepare, particularly where they can work alongside housing teams and respond to varied maintenance demand. The buyer has identified the service purpose and considers the single lot suitable for SMEs, so smaller suppliers may wish to assess whether their reach and operational capacity can cover the portfolio. The market engagement questionnaire offers a route to share relevant service insight ahead of the later tender.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Stores Provision

Notice Description

Provision of a managed stores, supporting repairs, voids, compliance and planned improvement activity across Believe housing's domestic property portfolio.

Planning Information

Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire available via eTendering Portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/believehousing/aspx/Home). Deadline for submission of responses to engagement questionnaire is 12:00 on Wednesday 28th October 2026. Full details available within the questionnaire document.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078716
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096805-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
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

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

63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

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

CPV Codes

44100000 - Construction materials and associated items

44110000 - Construction materials

44111000 - Building materials

44115200 - Plumbing and heating materials

44115210 - Plumbing materials

44115220 - Heating materials

44140000 - Products related to construction materials

63120000 - Storage and warehousing services

79993000 - Building and facilities management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Mar 20276 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2028 - 31 Mar 2033 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
believe housing
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SEAHAM
Postcode
SR7 7TT
Postcode Area
Sunderland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC41 Durham
Delivery Location
TLC14 Durham
Local Authority
County Durham
Electoral Ward
Dalton & Dawdon
Westminster Constituency
Easington

Further Information

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