--- title: "Stores Provision" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078716" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078716" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078716.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078716.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "believe housing" published: "2026-10-14" --- # Stores Provision Buyer: believe housing Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078716 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078716) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078716.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096805-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2027 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2028 - 31 Mar 2033 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | believe housing | | Locality | SEAHAM | | Postcode area | Sunderland | | Postcode | SR7 7TT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | | ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham | | Local authority | County Durham | | Electoral ward | Dalton & Dawdon | | Westminster constituency | Easington | | Delivery location | TLC14 Durham | ## CPV Codes ### 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 ### 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 ## Release History - 14 Oct 2026 at 09:37 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096805-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096805-2026 14th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/believehousing/aspx/Home - https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/believehousing/home - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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