Framework Announcement: Procurement for Housing Opens Market Engagement on £60m Professional Services and Recruitment Framework

Procurement for Housing (PfH) has opened preliminary market engagement on a new Professional Services and Recruitment Framework, estimated at £60 million (excluding VAT) over three years.
For professional services firms working in, or looking to break into, social housing, this is one to watch closely. PfH is adding a brand-new Professional Services element alongside its established Recruitment framework, and it wants to hear from the market before it decides how the framework will be built.
In other words, the lots haven't been written yet. If you get involved now, you could help write them.
Framework At a Glance
- Buyer: Procurement for Housing
- Estimated value: £60,000,000 excluding VAT (£72,000,000 including VAT)
- Duration: 3 years, 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030
- Coverage: England, Wales and Scotland
- Type: Framework agreement (services)
- Suitable for SMEs: Yes
- Market engagement deadline: 18 November 2026
- Estimated tender notice: 5 January 2027
What's New About This Framework?
PfH's current Recruitment framework helps housing providers find permanent, interim and temporary staff. The new framework keeps recruitment, but it adds something different: professional services delivered directly by the supplier.
PfH is clear on the distinction. This engagement is aimed at organisations that provide professional services, not those that recruit people to provide them. It also wants to understand which services are available under each potential lot.
The classification codes give a strong clue to the breadth PfH has in mind. They span:
- Legal, marketing and consultancy services
- IT consultancy, software development and support
- Financial and insurance services
- Health services
- HR and time-accounting software
- Research and development consultancy
- Community, social and personal services
Who Should Take Part?
If your organisation delivers advisory, specialist or support services to housing associations, councils or other landlords, this framework is likely to be relevant. That could include:
- HR, employment law and organisational development consultancies
- Finance, audit, treasury and insurance specialists
- IT, digital transformation and data consultancies
- Occupational health and staff wellbeing providers
- Research, insight and tenant engagement specialists
- Community development and social value consultancies
- Housing compliance and regulatory advisers
Recruitment agencies should keep an eye on it too. The recruitment element continues, and any changes to structure will be shaped by the same engagement.
Why the Market Engagement Stage Matters
Preliminary market engagement is often treated as optional. It shouldn't be.
This is the stage where PfH decides how the lots are split, how services are grouped and what the market can realistically deliver. Firms that respond can make sure their services are visible and properly understood. Firms that don't may find the final lot structure doesn't quite fit what they do.
It also gives you a head start. Understanding the buyer's thinking now means you can start building your evidence, case studies and policies well before the tender lands in January.
How to Get Involved
To take part, email supportservices@pfh.co.uk with the subject line "Preliminary Market Engagement - Professional Services and Recruitment". PfH will send further information and a questionnaire.
The deadline for engagement is 18 November 2026. PfH notes that this is an information-gathering exercise and the proposals may change before the tender.
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