Published date: 10 October 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 November 2024, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Furniture - 39100000

Location of contract

RG31 7SD

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

1495

Published date

10 October 2025

Closing date

16 November 2024

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

16 December 2024

Contract end date

15 December 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other: Call off contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

During the next 3 years there is an anticipated need to ad-hoc furniture requirement at various fire stations as part as the SAIF station improvement works as well as other Capital Projects such as Whitley Wood Training Centre.
As the value of the contract is less than £50,000, the Authority has carried out a market research and acquired three quotes from the following suppliers to provide furniture.
A quote request was sent to suppliers to provide based on
the standard furniture requirements which we will be required on an ongoing basis during this period.
Pricing was evaluated based on basket of goods of 21 items based on the Whitley Wood Training Centre fit out requirements. Access Office Furniture was the only supplier able to supply all items, as well as provided the lowest prices for the individual items available from
all 3 suppliers. Due the to the ad-hoc nature of the requirement and
difficulty in forecasting or estimating what will be needed in the span of 3 years, the basket of goods approach was adopted to complete pricing evaluation to award the contract on price only basis to the lowest bidder. Only Access Office could supply the Op Chairs as well as being the only supplier to provide all the furniture and have the full basket required by RBFRS.

Award information

Awarded date

19 December 2024

Contract start date

16 December 2024

Contract end date

15 December 2027

Total value of contract

£50,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Access Office Furniture Solutions

Address

C/O MELANIE CURTIS ACCOUNTANTS, 100 BERKSHIRE PLACE, WOKINGHAM, BERKSHIRE, RG41 5RD

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£50,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Katherine Harwin

Address

Newsham Court
READING
RG317SD
England

Telephone

07786166546

Email

harwink@rbfrs.co.uk