Norway - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products - Procurement - Office furniture and office chairs, 2025

The contracting authority would like to use this procurement to enter into a framework agreement with one tenderer. The objective of the agreement is to cover the contracting authority ́s need for office chairs and office furniture. This will mainly include furniture for offices, community areas and additional areas, such as meeting rooms, reception areas, teacher work stations, personnel rooms and communal areas. The products shall be universally designed, i.e. products for general use shall be designed so that all persons shall be able to use them. The following is not included in the contract: -Furniture for nurseries, before-and-after-school furniture (Teaching, school library and common areas/class level areas). -Furniture for refugee residences Comments on the contract: -If special offers, promotional offers or price changes give a more favourable price than the contract price, the lowest price at the time of booking applies. May bypass the contract by: -Each customer can, in major construction projects/contracts, where office chairs and office furniture are included, free to procure this outside this contract through a separate competition, or if this is included in the contract. -If a special product is procured and a product is procured for users/customers who have special needs, the customer can go outside this agreement. The customer shall clarify with a tenderer in advance whether they can cover the contracting authority ́s needs through this contract. -The customer can go without this contract when purchasing used furniture. -If existing furniture types are supplemented in the same room, the customer can go outside this agreement. Regardless of the contract, this can be supplemented from previous suppliers, if the tenderer through this contract cannot deliver these products. It is emphasised that this only applies to minor procurements, and that the customer/entities shall go through group procurements for clarification before it can be bypassed in such cases. - If the products in the tenderer ́s assortment are not suitable due to function, size, shape, colour in other fixtures or the size of the room, the customer can go outside the contract.