PfH Telecoms Network and Infrastructure Framework
Estimated value
£82.5m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
5
Published
22 Sept 2025
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 intends to establish 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
- Total value
- £82,500,000 excluding VAT£99,000,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- 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.
- Main category
- services
- 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
- Enquiry deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 03 Nov 2025, 12:00 pm
- Submission address
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/ ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure
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 | active |
| 2a | Lot 2a - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Licence based) | £12.0m | active |
| 2b | Lot 2b - Unified Communications & Collaboration (Pay-as- you-go) | £12.0m | active |
| 3 | Lot 3 - SmartConnect – Mobile, 5G & Hardware Solutions | £10.0m | active |
| 4 | Lot 4 - Digital Inclusion, Wi-Fi & IOT Solutions | £15.0m | active |