Provision of Ad-hoc Furniture for Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service

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Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service awarded a contract to Access Office Furniture Solutions for the provision of ad-hoc furniture requirements over a three-year period.

The furniture is intended for various fire stations as part of SAIF station improvement works and other capital projects, including the Whitley Wood Training Centre.

As the contract value was under £50,000, the Authority conducted market research and obtained three quotes.

Pricing was evaluated using a basket of 21 items based on the Whitley Wood Training Centre fit-out requirements.

Access Office Furniture Solutions was the only supplier able to supply all items and offered the lowest prices for the individual items available from all three suppliers.

Due to the ad-hoc nature of the requirement and difficulty in forecasting needs over three years, the basket of goods approach was adopted for pricing evaluation, and the contract was awarded on a price-only basis to the lowest bidder.

Access Office Furniture Solutions was also the only supplier able to provide the operational chairs and the full basket required by RBFRS.