Furniture and Associated Services Framework Agreement

Why buy from the National Public Sector Framework?

This framework covers a broad range of furniture for offices, schools and academies including but not limited to: General Office, Storage and , meeting room seating & tables, office seating, laboratory furniture, staging and performance areas, general administrative, storage and conference furniture, specialist room furniture, dining hall/canteen furniture and library furniture.

This framework has a total of 17 suppliers across 6 lots to meet member requirements.

LOT 1 – Classroom and Educational Furniture

LOT 2 – General Administrative, Storage and Conference Furniture

LOT 3 – Dining Room Furniture

LOT 4 – Library Furniture

LOT 5 – SEN and Early Year Furniture and Accessories

LOT 6 – Specialist Rooms including Laboratory Furniture

Designed by experts

This framework has been developed by experts in the field who have many years of operational experience across a range of public sector organisations

Comprehensive

The framework offers the opportunity to contract with the main providers of Furniture and Associated Services.

Safe

The framework is compliant with The Public Contracts Regulations when it is used according to the guidance provided
You can be sure that our list of pre-vetted suppliers are of the highest quality and have been through a rigorous selection process in order to get on to the framework

Supportive

A dedicated help desk service is available to users of the framework. The service helps users to use the framework and offers advice on the mini-competition process and contract management issues. In addition to the help desk, the framework has a further competition support service which can:
- Undertake a further competition on behalf of a framework user (if the user doesn’t have the skills or the resources to undertake the further competition themselves)

Or:

Provide a further competition documentation review service to ensure the documentation is fit for purpose prior to commencement of the further competition

How to use

Further Competition – Member institutions may choose to utilise the further competition template. Institutions should allow suppliers a minimum of 2 weeks to respond to their request (or 3 weeks for a longer term/more complex requirement).
Further Competition Using a Further Competition Calculator
Direct Award – where the terms laid down in the agreement are sufficiently precise to cover the members’ particular requirement and the most economically advantageous offer can be easily identified, the member can award the call-off without reopening competition. This method is recommended for ad-hoc, low value and/or low risk purchases, and institutions are encouraged to reference the framework to ensure they are obtaining framework pricing and terms.
Direct Award Using a Desktop Exercise