Telecoms Network and Infrastructure Framework

Procurement for HousingcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-051536Procurement Act 2023SME suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£59.0m

Awarded 30 Jan 2026

Suppliers

28

23 SME

Lots

5

5 awarded

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 2029
Possible 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
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Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Lot 1 - Network Infrastructure, Services, Hardware & Cybersecurityquality60.00%
Lot 1 - Network Infrastructure, Services, Hardware & Cybersecurityprice40.00%
Lot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based)quality60.00%
Lot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based)price40.00%
Lot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go)quality60.00%
Lot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go)price40.00%
Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutionsquality60.00%
Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutionsprice40.00%
Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IoT Solutionsquality60.00%
Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IOT Solutionsprice40.00%

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.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Lot 1 - Network Infrastructure, Services, Hardware & Cybersecurity£10.0mcomplete
2aLot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based)£12.0mcomplete
2bLot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go)£12.0mcomplete
3Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutions£10.0mcomplete
4Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IOT Solutions£15.0mcomplete