Office furniture

Tender description

Transport for Wales (TfW) sought to procure a supplier(s) for innovative and sustainable design solutions for the use of our office space located at our new premises in Pontypridd, South Wales. It was envisaged that a sole supplier was required to review and work with the current design of the office space taking into consideration operational department functions, evaluate the existing TfW furniture estate and consider what can be reused within the new design, supply refurbished/ re-manufactured furniture or new from certifiable sustainable sources where possible to satisfy the design brief. The design and supply requirements did not include floor coverings and blinds. In Oct/Nov 2020 Transport for Wales (TfW) will move from Cardiff to our new Headquarters in Pontypridd. Sustainability is a TfW core value and so we want to demonstrate that we are living/true to our values. Our customers and stakeholders need to be confident in us and in what we say we’ll do and the approach we take to fitting out our headquarters will be a demonstration of how we live our values. We want to use a sustainable approach to the procurement of our interior so that we maximise the amount of reuse, re-manufacture and recycling that we do and would like to work with an organisation or a consortium of organisations that can supply, deliver and install furniture that meets our values. We want our HQ to be a showcase for high quality sustainable procurement that demonstrates value for money. Interior requirements are: — on brand and use a simple colour palette (core colours black/grey, red, white); — contemporary, collaborative and comfortable feel, that brings out the best in our staff, it needs to have different spaces that enable staff to work in the most effective and productive way; — harmonious look with similar types or groups of furniture ie chairs desks, etc.; — it needs to have longevity – opportunities for repair first rather than replace approach. We employ over a hundred staff (the office will eventually accommodate around 400 people) in a wide range of roles from a range of sectors, backgrounds and capabilities. We have furniture that we will be reusing but may also wish to source: — Café style furniture, — storage, — meeting furniture, — desks (with cable management) and chairs, — breakout furniture – sofas, small tables and chairs, — acoustic Pods and booths/cwtch seating.