Scope
Description
Plumlife Homes, a subsidiary of Great Places Housing Group Limited ("Great Places"), is seeking feedback from the market for its upcoming Show Homes Interior Design Tender.
Plumlife is a "profit-for-purpose" organisation that focuses on affordable homeownership, property sales, marketing, lettings, and facilities management. As well as selling hundreds of properties a year, Plumlife manages over 6,000 homes and many communal locations too - building and supporting great communities is at the heart of what we do.
Through the eventual tender exercise Plumlife will develop an approved panel of Interior Designers who can bring a refreshing and complimentary touch to our show homes throughout the North West. Following provision of specific project briefs and an issued budget, designers will design and install show homes for new-build Plumlife developments where requested.
The contract will cover new-builds located in Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and South Yorkshire.
The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous, however you can leave your details at the end to indicate your contact preferences (such as being alerted to the tender).
Total value (estimated)
- £400,000 excluding VAT
- £480,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2030
- 4 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 79931000 - Interior decorating services
- 79932000 - Interior design services
Contract locations
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Engagement
Engagement deadline
19 October 2025
Engagement process description
A Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) UK2 Notice has been issued to help Great Places develop an understanding of:
(1) Supplier capacity, (2) suitable pricing mechanisms, and (3) the scope of services that the market can deliver.
The eventual contract scope is at this stage not yet fully determined. However it is likely to include:
- Presentation of initial design concepts as per any one individual show home requirement.
- Full project management of Show Home Design & Installation, including oversight of any on-site work.
- Management of any additional subcontracted support from tradesman and/or decorators.
We invite suppliers to complete an online survey, accessible via desktop or mobile:
https://forms.office.com/e/3ULdghWGBy
The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous by default, but you may leave your contact details if you wish to be notified when the tender is published.
Respondents must declare any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.
Deadline for responses: Friday 3rd October 2025
Great Places reserves the right to extend this deadline at its discretion.
Great Places reserves the right to conduct additional preliminary market engagement notice not described in this notice to help meet the objectives of the PME.
This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 and is for preliminary market engagement only. It is not a call for competition.
Participation in this exercise is voluntary and not a prerequisite for bidding in any future procurement. The formal tender process will be conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and associated regulations.
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Contracting authority
Great Places Housing Group Limited
- Mutuals Public Register: 30045R
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRYW-1616-TVYT
2a Derwent Avenue
Manchester
M21 7QP
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@greatplaces.org.uk
Website: https://www.greatplaces.org.uk/
Region: UKD33 - Manchester
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government