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title: "Premarket Engagement - PfH Professional Services and Recruitment Framework"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-068bc4"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "PROCUREMENT FOR HOUSING"
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# Premarket Engagement - PfH Professional Services and Recruitment Framework

Buyer: PROCUREMENT FOR HOUSING  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-068bc4

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## Summary

Procurement for Housing (PfH), a prominent national procurement consortium in the social housing sector, has initiated its planning stage to establish a Professional Services and Recruitment Framework. The framework is being developed to enhance procurement efficiency in the UK and is scheduled to commence on 19 January 2027, running until 18 January 2030, with a possible extension to 18 January 2031. The engagement milestone is set for 20 May 2026, encouraging market insight into proposed aspects of the upcoming framework. Businesses across professional services and recruitment industries are invited to provide feedback to supportservices@pfh.co.uk, marking the subject as "Preliminary Market Engagement – Professional Services and Recruitment." The initiative is headquartered in Birchwood, Warrington, and promises substantial business opportunities aligned with the needs of PfH's extensive membership.

This procurement framework presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in professional services, recruitment solutions, and related technologies. The framework will cover managed and general recruitment services along with technology solutions for recruitment, and is especially suitable for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) due to its structure and division into lots. The planned procurement, valued at £72,000,000 gross, aims to procure efficient and innovative solutions to improve social housing sector operations across the UK. Companies excelling in business services such as law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security will find this an advantageous opportunity to expand and contribute to improved efficiency within the social housing sector.

## Notice

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 for professional services and recruitment which will cover services to provide professional services and recruitment solutions, which includes managed recruitment services, general recruitment services and technology solutions for recruitment. 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 obtain market insight on some proposed aspects of the upcoming Professional Services and Recruitment framework.
Please reach out to supportservices@pfh.co.uk for market insight to be considered.
Please note that this is simply an information gathering exercise on some proposed aspects of our forthcoming framework tender which may be subject to change.
Please include in the email Header “Preliminary Market Engagement – Professional Services and Recruitment” with a brief description of your organisation and the type of services you offer. 
We may reach out to arrange a call to discuss any feedback in greater detail.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039390-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 19 Jan 2027 - 18 Jan 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £60,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PROCUREMENT FOR HOUSING |
| Locality | BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA2 0YL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Electoral ward | Poulton North |
| Westminster constituency | Warrington North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 29 Apr 2026 at 15:07 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039390-2026
- 27 Apr 2026 at 13:43 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038102-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039390-2026
  29th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038102-2026
  27th April 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.procurementforhousing.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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