Furniture

Tender description

The University of Essex will be commencing a tender opportunity for the supply of different types of furniture including but not limited to office, breakout, laboratory, outdoor, reception, café / bistro, auditorium seating and integrated secure ICT desking furniture. Ahead of this tender process the University of Essex would like to engage with potential suppliers to discuss the proposed sourcing strategy and to help us refine our requirements by holding a supplier day on Wednesday the 6.2.2019. We want to engage with the industry experts so that we can ensure our requirements are appropriate when we go out to tender and that the market is able to deliver what we need. We want to engage with the industry experts so that we can ensure our requirements are appropriate when we go out to tender and that the market is able to deliver what we need. Please note the draft specification will made available to interested suppliers. Areas of Focus — The University’s furniture strategy — Discuss areas of the draft specification — Discuss different pricing models The supplier day will take place on Wednesday the 6.2.2019 at the University of Essex Colchester campus, please confirm your attendance by emailing Procure@essex.ac.uk stating your organisation and attendees. All requests to attend must be received by 17:00 on Wednesday the 30.1.2019. Due to the location of the Supplier Day numbers will be limited; therefore we request that attendance is restricted to a maximum of 2 key members of your organisation. This Lot may include, but not be limited to, provision of the following: — Office Desking and cable management — Meeting Room Furniture — Height Adjustable Desking — Pedestals — Wooden Storage — Screens — Office Seating — Optional: Removal and disposal of any existing furniture that will be replaced by a core list item The University of Essex has three locations within Essex which furniture supplies may need to be delivered to throughout the life of the proposed contract: Colchester Campus (Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ), Southend Campus (Elmer Approach, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1LW) and Loughton Campus (Hatfields, Rectory Lane, Loughton IG10 3RY). We want to engage with the industry experts so that we can ensure our requirements are appropriate when we go out to tender and that the market is able to deliver what we need. Please note the draft specification will made available to interested suppliers. Areas of Focus — The University’s furniture strategy — Discuss areas of the draft specification — Discuss different pricing models The supplier day will take place on Wednesday the 6.2.2019 at the University of Essex Colchester campus, please confirm your attendance by emailing Procure@essex.ac.uk stating your organisation and attendees. All requests to attend must be received by 17:00 on Wednesday the 30.1.2019. Due to the location of the Supplier Day numbers will be limited; therefore we request that attendance is restricted to a maximum of two key members of your organisation. This Lot may include, but not be limited to, provision of the following: — Office Desking and cable management — Lecture and seminar Furniture — Conference Furniture — Height Adjustable Desking — Pedestals — Wooden Storage — Screens — Acoustic panels — Office Seating and Conference Seating — Metal Storage — Bar / Restaurant furniture — Laboratory furniture — Auditorium seating — Outdoor furniture — Integrated Secure ICT desking — Reception furniture — Breakout furniture — Café Furniture / Bistro Furniture — Library furniture — Optional: Removal and disposal of any existing furniture related to the project The University of Essex has three locations within Essex which furniture supplies may need to be delivered to throughout the life of the proposed contract: Colchester Campus (Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ), Southend Campus (Elmer Approach, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1LW) and Loughton Campus (Hatfields, Rectory Lane, Loughton IG10 3RY).