Engagement process description
Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) operates a warehouse Distribution Centre in Trafford Park, Manchester, through which it provides building repairs and other materials to repairs and grounds maintenance operatives and other staff as required. These materials may be distributed out of the warehouse, delivered direct to site, or picked up by operatives from suppliers' premises as appropriate.
In addition, GPHG may seek to procure bulk construction materials, for example bricks, block and joinery materials, for the new build construction of domestic dwellings.
GPHG currently envisages establishing an open framework for the provision of these goods, made up of a number of Lots defined by the category of goods required, and possibly by geographical areas served for certain categories of materials.
GPHG expects that Lots will likely be re-opened at different frequencies (for instance, high volume & high cost lots may be re-opened annually, whilst other may be re-opened bi- or tri- annually).
This engagement seeks to:
a) gauge the numbers of suppliers interested in supplying the various categories of goods across GPHG areas
b) assist in determining the number of suppliers required or permitted on each specific lot
c) determine what will be the most efficient and appropriate number of lots
d) help determine the definitions and scope of the individual lots
e) assist in understanding how closely goods required should be specified
f) determine how various pricing mechanisms may be approached in a fair and open manner in tenders
g) assess how delivery lead times, price review mechanisms and invoicing requirements might be specified in tender requirements
Responses are sought electronically via reply to an MS Forms survey:
https://forms.office.com/e/wWtcP9bJG2
The survey should take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Respondents must declare any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.
Deadline for responses: 17th November 2025
Great Places reserves the right to extend this deadline at its discretion.
Great Places reserves the right to conduct additional pre-market engagement not described in this notice to help meet the objectives of the PME.
For example, this may include phone calls, email correspondence, follow up surveys etc.
This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 and is for preliminary market engagement only.