NEUPC awards a framework for Sustainable Furniture Solutions, and associated services, across a range of sustainable furniture solutions as described in the Lots section of this Notice.
The framework agreement is available for use by the listed consortia and their respective memberships, regardless of whether or not those members are defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Membership of the consortia may be subject to change due to strategic realignment or the inclusion of new members.
Members' end user locations include but are not limited to:
- On campus
- Halls of residence
- Remote working
- Remote campus
- Pop-up and subsidiary locations
The main scope of the framework is defined by three lots:
Lot 1 - Circular Economy Considerations
Lot 2 - Supply and Installation
Lot 3 - Specialist
The primary objective of the sub-lot is refurbishment and repair of furniture.
Scope:
- Project management
- Site clearance
- Collection and delivery services
- Store surplus items for an agreed period of time for that customer to either recall to site or donate items to agreed charity.
- ‘Take back’ left-over or unwanted product.
- Repair, refurbish, re-purpose, re-use that product.
- Listing of surplus products on the framework’s or institution’s choice of re-use marketplace.
- Recycling only where all re-use options are exhausted.
- Reporting, volume of product from each supply source, volume recycled, carbon savings, monetary savings, donations made etc.
Furniture supply and installation suited to laboratory environments
safe surface for chemicals, temperatures, solids, liquids, gases etc. and services (power, data, gas, water etc.
Furniture design, supply and installation suited to Auditoria, Theatres, Arenas and Stadia
Supply and installation of modular bathroom pods
Workplace Design Consultancy Services
This sub-lot aims to provide the most sustainable furniture solutions for customers considering new build and refurbishment projects. Likely most common will be office style projects, however no ‘style’ will be excluded from consideration, and ‘supply only’ will also be facilitated.
It is a mandatory requirement that all re-use options be exhausted before newly manufactured product is included for supply. It is also mandatory that all newly manufactured product introduced to the solution be demonstrably and specifically designed for re-use, refurbishment, and recycling.
Scope:
- Project Design Services
- Project Management
- Re-deploy, repair, refurbish, re-purpose, re-use
- Supply newly manufactured product that has been demonstrably and specifically designed for re-use, refurbishment, and recycling.
- Delivery and Installation services
- ‘Take-back’ of surplus product, for repair, refurbish, re-purpose, re-use.
- Listing of surplus products on the framework’s or institution’s choice of re-use marketplace.
- Recycling only where all re-use options are exhausted.
- Reporting, volume of product from each supply source, volume recycled, carbon savings, monetary savings.
An established provider of a furniture re-use e-marketplace will provide a physical and virtual warehouse for products, a sales platform, and transportation logistics to optimise the framework users’ uptake of pre-used product and minimise the volume of:
- used product that is deemed surplus by the sector.
- newly manufactured furniture introduced by the sector
The model extends some institutions’ own established re-use programmes to enable pan institution visibility and access. Unlike some existing platforms, products must be appropriately refurbished and redistributed by the provider, not simply ‘take it as we find it’.
Scope:
- ‘Take back’ of surplus product from institutions either directly or via framework contractor.
- Grading and pricing expertise
- Repair and refurbishment service
- On-line (non-auction) consumer style e-marketplace
- Logistics service
- Installation services
For a contract sum, the awarded supplier will manage and maintain some or all of an institution’s furniture assets across campus for an agreed period of time. This lot is introduced on the evidence that some institutions are already considering a leasing strategy, and in anticipation of the long-term requirement to continually evolve estates in the wake of the pandemic.
Scope:
- Project Design Services
- Project Management
- Re-deploy, repair, refurbish, re-purpose, re-use
- Supply newly manufactured product that has been demonstrably and specifically designed for re-use, refurbishment, and recycling.
- Delivery and Installation services
- ‘Takeback’ of surplus product, for repair, refurbish, re-purpose, re-use.
- Listing of surplus products on the framework’s re-use marketplace.
- Recycling only where all re-use options are exhausted.
- Reporting, volume of product from each supply source, volume recycled, carbon savings, monetary savings.
Scope of services:
- Design
- Equality Act / Ergonomic workplace assessments
- Supply
- Installation
- Re-use and recycling – prioritise use of framework marketplace
Scope of services
- Design
- Equality Act / Ergonomic workplace assessments
- Supply
- Installation.
- Re-use and recycling – prioritise use of framework marketplace
Scope of services:
The objective of this lot is to improve the pricing of contract furniture in competition with on-line domestic furniture markets by
- Logistics based operation
- Operation of customer specific small core product list: fixed price – delivery included
- On-line marketplace/catalogue enabled. including smaller products e.g.,1200 x 600 desks, steel pedestals, etc. Also incl. height adjustable desks, footrests, etc.
- Workplace assessments
- Installation service where required
The supply and installation of beds and mattresses, including the removal of used and surplus items
Supply and installation of furniture demonstrably designed to integrate AV and/or IT equipment types, and/or is especially designed for secure storage