Sustainable Furniture Solutions

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

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.  Additional information: Access for the tender documents for Lot 1 can be found at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds:-Furniture./C42XWGQ4M2