Telecoms Network and Infrastructure Framework
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£59.0m
Suppliers
28
Lots
5
Published
04 Feb 2026
Description
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 is establishing a Framework Agreement for Telecommunications and Associated Services. The framework will provide services and associated products relating to networking and security including cloud-based solutions, voice solutions, unified communications, mobile communications and total communications, in addition to providing solution to support digital inclusion and solutions utilising the Internet of Things technologies. The Framework will be divided into lots which will be set out in the Tender Notice.
Scope
- Reference
- SK0925ITF
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 06 Feb 2026 to 05 Feb 2029Possible extension to 05 Feb 2030
The Framework Agreement will be let for 3 years, with an optional extension of a further 12 months.
- CPV classifications
- 320000004800000072000000734000003000000050310000503000004531400045310000500000006400000071316000513000003020000031000000800000009800000075000000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 - Network Infrastructure, Services, Hardware & Cybersecurity | — | quality | 60.00% |
| Lot 1 - Network Infrastructure, Services, Hardware & Cybersecurity | — | price | 40.00% |
| Lot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based) | — | quality | 60.00% |
| Lot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based) | — | price | 40.00% |
| Lot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go) | — | quality | 60.00% |
| Lot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go) | — | price | 40.00% |
| Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutions | — | quality | 60.00% |
| Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutions | — | price | 40.00% |
| Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IoT Solutions | — | quality | 60.00% |
| Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IOT Solutions | — | price | 40.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details· 5 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£10.0m
Award date
30 Jan 2026
Contract start
23 Feb 2026
Contract end
22 Feb 2029
Lots · 5 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lot 1 - Network Infrastructure, Services, Hardware & Cybersecurity | £10.0m | complete |
| 2a | Lot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based) | £12.0m | complete |
| 2b | Lot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go) | £12.0m | complete |
| 3 | Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutions | £10.0m | complete |
| 4 | Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IOT Solutions | £15.0m | complete |