PfH Materials Supply Framework

What the buyer is asking for

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 procure a national, four-year framework agreement for the provision of building and construction materials. The framework will encompass a range of supply routes and will be separated into distinct lots, with full details set out in the Tender Notice. 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 procure a national, four-year framework agreement for the provision of building and construction materials. The framework will encompass a range of supply routes and will be separated into distinct lots, with full details set out in the Tender Notice.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 40%pricePrice
• 60%qualityQuality

16 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• Plumbing, Heating & Gas - National £100m

  Provision of Plumbing, Heating & Gas related materials.

• Plumbing, Heating & Gas - Scotland £50m

  Provision of Plumbing, Heating & Gas related materials for Scottish customers.

• Plumbing, Heating & Gas - Wales £50m

  Provision of Plumbing, Heating & Gas related materials for Welsh customers.

• Electrical£75m

  Supply of Electrical related materials

• Electrical - Scotland £37m

  Supply of Electrical related materials for Scottish customers.

• Electrical - Wales £37m

  Supply of Electrical related materials for Welsh customers.

• Building Materials - National £75m

  Provision of building and construction related materials.

• Building Materials - Scotland £37m

  Provision of building and construction related materials for Scottish customers.

• Building Materials - Wales £37m

  Provision of building and construction related materials for Welsh customers.

• Aids & Adaptations £30m

  Provision of Aids & Adaptions associated materials.

• National Consortia for Independent Merchants £100m

  Provision for materials supply by National Consortia's/Buying Groups.

• Managed Solutions£500m

  Managed Solutions provision covering Managed Stores and Managed Services supply routes.

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published39 days ago

   14 Aug 2026, 09:20 BST
2. Clarification questions by4 days ago

   17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 17 days

   9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
4. Award decision expected byin 88 days

   18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice17 Feb 2026, 15:16 GMT014418-2026
2. Tender notice14 Aug 2026, 09:20 BST077485-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender