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PfH Professional Services and Recruitment Framework PME[E18]

Birchwood, Warrington, United KingdomProcurement for Housing[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Procurement for Housing (PfH) is looking to receive feedback on a potential new Recruitment and Professional Services framework. The framework will cover England, Wales and Scotland. The Professional Services element is new and additional to the current Recruitment Framework and this PME is specifically concerned with Professional Service providers.
Who can bid: Delivery location: UK, United Kingdom.
The legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 (Procurement Act 2023).
The buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Expected deadline: Not stated
Value[E19]: GBP 60,000,000
Buyer: Procurement for HousingSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Find a Tender (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗

Preliminary, from the notice only

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Delivery location: UK, United Kingdom.[E12]
The legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 (Procurement Act 2023).[E13]

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Published[E16]: 29 Oct 2026
Procedure: Not stated
Source: UK Find a Tender (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 2 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Procurement for Housing (PfH) is looking to receive feedback on a potential new Recruitment and Professional Services framework. The framework will cover England, Wales and Scotland. The Professional Services element is new and additional to the current Recruitment Framework and this PME is specifically concerned with Professional Service providers. Therefore, all information gained through the Pre Market Engagement will help develop our understanding of what is available in the market. This engagement is aimed to discover organisations that can provide these professional services, as opposed to recruit for these services. The engagement also seeks to establish what services are available under each lot. We would appreciate your participation in this questionnaire and any subsequent further engagement under the pre market engagement notice. The information provided will shape the framework and its structure. For full details of all our frameworks please follow the link to our website - https://procurementforhousing.co.uk/procurement-frameworks/ Please reach out to supportservices@pfh.co.uk and further information will be provided along with a questionnaire. 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”.[E11]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: UK, United Kingdom.[E12]
ConditionThe legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 (Procurement Act 2023).[E13]
ConditionThe buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.[E14]
DetailLot 1 runs from 1 Feb 2027 to 31 Jan 2030.[E9]

Risks and unknowns

RiskBidding has not opened. Scope and dates can change before the call for competition.[E15]
UnknownNo submission deadline we could read in the notice data.
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC
The source published a planning or prior information notice. Bidding has not opened.
Source document 102424-2026

Evidence

19 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Procurement for Housing.
Document 102424-2026, field /buyer/name, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 98000000 (Other community, social and personal services).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/6/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
The notice is classified under CPV 85100000 (Health services).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/3/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
The notice is classified under CPV 48450000 (Time accounting or human resources software package).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/4/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The notice is classified under CPV 73000000 (Research and development services and related consultancy services).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/5/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
The notice is classified under CPV 79000000 (Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/0/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
The notice is classified under CPV 72000000 (IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/1/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The notice is classified under CPV 66000000 (Financial and insurance services).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/2/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
Lot 1 runs from 1 Feb 2027 to 31 Jan 2030.
“2027-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 to 2030-01-31T23:59:59+00:00”
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/lots/0/contractPeriod, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
The buyer's address is in United Kingdom.
Document 102424-2026, field /parties/0/address/country, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Procurement for Housing (PfH) is looking to receive feedback on a potential new Recruitment and Professional Services framework. The framework will cover England, Wales and Scotland. The Professional Services element is new and additional to the current Recruitment Framework and…”
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/description, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
Delivery location: UK, United Kingdom.
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E13
The legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 (Procurement Act 2023).
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/legalBasis/id, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E14
The buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
“sme: true”
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/lots/0/suitability/sme, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E15
This is a planning or market engagement notice. Bidding has not opened.
Document 102424-2026, field /tag, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E16
The notice was published on 29 Oct 2026.
“2026-10-29T10:11:03Z”
Document 102424-2026, field /date, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E17
Find a Tender gives the tender status as planned.
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/status, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E18
The notice is titled "PfH Professional Services and Recruitment Framework PME".
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/title, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E19
The stated value is GBP 60,000,000 excluding VAT.
“60000000 GBP”
Document 102424-2026, field /tender/value/amount, read 29 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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