Office furniture spend
Case reference FOI2019/00303
Published 25 July 2019
Request
1. How much did your organisation spend on office furniture in 2018?
2. What office furniture suppliers did your organisation use in 2018?
3. Do you have a contract in place for office furniture? If so, who is this with?
4. When does your existing office furniture contract end?
5. What will your procurement route be for any future office furniture contracts, i.e. will you use a frame- work agreement? If so, which one?
Response
1. How much did your organisation spend on office furniture in 2018?
During the year the organisation spent £7,800 on Office furniture, £11,169 and £6631 on refurbishing existing office chairs.
2. What office furniture suppliers did your organisation use in 2018?
Rapid Office Systems, Business Seating & Desking.
3. Do you have a contract in place for office furniture? If so, who is this with?
We do not have a contract or use frameworks as our purchasing values are low in value and orders tend to be around £2000 five times a year, we do compare prices with local suppliers to ensure value for money.
4. When does your existing office furniture contract end? N/A
5. What will your procurement route be for any future office furniture contracts, i.e. will you use a framework agreement? If so, which one?
As mentioned above we check prices, time to time, if a new supplier contacts us we are likely to price check with them and consider service levels.
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