Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

Tender description

The North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC) is a not for profit organisation owned by its Full members consisting of 23 Universities. Our purpose is “to provide a structure for higher education institutions to secure value for money in matters relating to purchasing goods and services”. NWUPC set up and contract manage Framework Agreements in ten Category areas. Framework Agreements are established to ensure compliance with the European Procurement Regulations which cover Public Sector contracts over a certain threshold value. NWUPC are conducting market engagement for the establishment of a Furniture Framework on behalf of members of the NWUPC and Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). NWUPC are taking a lead role in establishing the Framework on behalf of members of the NWUPC and CPC. To this end, NWUPC are seeking the input of the market place on a number of areas to help inform the structure of the Framework and the scope of requirements. Completion of this questionnaire and any involvement in this market engagement does not confer any right or expectation that the organisation will be selected for any further tender should a procurement exercise be undertaken. By participating in the market engagement questionnaire, you are undertaking that you are authorised to supply any information you provide, and that you understand and agree that: — participation in this market engagement will not include or preclude any organisation from participating in any future procurement exercise, — the outcome of the market engagement will aid the Consortium’s development of its tender strategy and will not favour any single response to the market engagement, — no information provided in the response to the market engagement will be used in any evaluation of any subsequent response to a procurement exercise, — the outcomes of the market engagement will become the sole property of the Consortium, — the Consortium reserves the right to disclose the outcomes of the market engagement with partner Consortia and their Members, and NWUPC Member organisations. A full list of NWUPC members can be found here: http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members A full list of CPC members can be found here: https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/ Please complete the survey on the following link: https://enp.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/nwupc-cpc-furniture-market-engagement-2 The deadline for survey responses is 20.3.2018. The North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC) is a not for profit organisation owned by its Full members consisting of 23 Universities. Our purpose is “to provide a structure for higher education institutions to secure value for money in matters relating to purchasing goods and services”. NWUPC set up and contract manage Framework Agreements in ten Category areas. Framework Agreements are established to ensure compliance with the European Procurement Regulations which cover Public Sector contracts over a certain threshold value. NWUPC are conducting market engagement for the establishment of a Furniture Framework on behalf of members of the NWUPC and Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). NWUPC are taking a lead role in establishing the Framework on behalf of members of the NWUPC and CPC. To this end, NWUPC are seeking the input of the market place on a number of areas to help inform the structure of the Framework and the scope of requirements. Completion of this questionnaire and any involvement in this market engagement does not confer any right or expectation that the organisation will be selected for any further tender should a procurement exercise be undertaken. By participating in the market engagement questionnaire, you are undertaking that you are authorised to supply any information you provide, and that you understand and agree that: — participation in this market engagement will not include or preclude any organisation from participating in any future procurement exercise, — the outcome of the market engagement will aid the Consortium’s development of its tender strategy and will not favour any single response to the market engagement, — no information provided in the response to the market engagement will be used in any evaluation of any subsequent response to a procurement exercise, — the outcomes of the market engagement will become the sole property of the Consortium, — the Consortium reserves the right to disclose the outcomes of the market engagement with partner Consortia and their Members, and NWUPC Member organisations. A full list of NWUPC members can be found here: http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members A full list of CPC members can be found here: https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/ Please complete the survey on the following link: https://enp.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/nwupc-cpc-furniture-market-engagement-2 The deadline for survey responses is 20.3.2018.