Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems
- Buyer
- Procurement for Housing
- Value
- £80,000,000
- Closes
- 14 December 2026
- Where
- Birchwood, the North West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Procurement for Housing, a national buying group for social housing providers, is setting up a framework (a pre-approved list of suppliers that housing providers can then order work from without running their own tender). It covers communal doors (shared entrance doors in flats and blocks) made from aluminium, steel, stainless steel or timber, plus door entry systems, which are the intercoms and access systems that let residents and visitors into a building, in both wired and wireless (GSM) versions. The framework is estimated at £80 million and is split into 9 lots, with lots 1 to 4 for manufacturers only and lots 5 to 8 for contractors, and lot 9 for door entry systems only.
What the buyer wants
• Survey, design, supply, installation, commissioning, handover and maintenance of communal doors and door entry systems, in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. • Suppliers must bid for the lot that matches their role: manufacturers for lots 1 to 4, contractors for lots 5 to 8, and door entry systems for lot 9. • The framework does not cover non-communal doors, such as individual house front doors or fire doors.
Lots
- Aluminium Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Manufacturers Only
- Steel Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Manufacturers Only
- Stainless Steel Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Manufacturers Only
- Timber Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Manufacturers Only
- Aluminium Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Contractors Only
- Steel Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Contractors Only
- Stainless Steel Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Contractors Only
- Timber Communal Doors and Door Entry Systems - Contractors Only
- Door Entry Systems
Requirements
What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): Lots 1 to 4 are open only to manufacturers, so installers and distributors cannot bid for them, and the notice asks for "suitably qualified and experienced organisations" across a national scope and a large multi-lot value, which suggests established suppliers may be favoured, though the notice does not set any specific financial or certification thresholds.
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How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
Where to apply
The notice doesn't name a website for bids. Ask the buyer how to apply, using the contact on the official notice.
Questions about this tender? The official notice gives the buyer's contact.
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