UCB Furniture Program - Non-Office or Non-Administrative Solutions

Approved furniture items (specialty furniture) that can be purchased by departments are:

  • Training tables and seating
  • Lobby seating & occasional tables
  • Lounge or reception seating & occasional tables
  • Classroom tables & seating
  • Cafeteria and café tables & seating
  • Computer lab or group study room tables & seating
  • Outdoor seating & tables
  • Worktools* – monitor arms, keyboard trays, organizers, storage boxes
  • Task lighting*
  • Ergonomic accessories*
  • Visual worktools* –  white boards, tack boards, interactive boards, huddle boards

*These items may also be available under other non-furniture Primary or Co-Primary agreements.

Total Purchase Value (inclusive of tax and all fees)

Procedures

Up to $4,999.99

  • Steelcase, Herman Miller, or Kimball: Issue Direct-To-Vendor PO, reference the contract when completing the requisition.
  • Non-UC Systemwide Furniture Agreement Supplier: Solicitation of 3 quotes, including Steelcase, or sole source justification may be required.

$5,000.00 and up to $99,999.99

  • Steelcase, Herman Miller, or Kimball: Submit Purchase Requisition to Buyer, reference the contract when completing the requisition.  Additional competition may be required.
  • Non-UC Systemwide Furniture Agreement Supplier: Work with Buyer prior to engaging designer and/or start of project.  Solicitation of 3 quotes, including Steelcase if applicable, or sole source justification will be required. 

$100,000.00 or more

  • Steelcase, Herman Miller, or Kimball: Work with Buyer; subject to further negotiations or RFQ/RFP1.
  • Non-UC Systemwide Furniture Agreement Supplier: Work with Buyer prior to engaging designer and/or start of project.  Requires RFQ/RFP1.

Guidelines

UCB Project Managing Unit (Construction & Design on behalf of the Client or the Department directly)

  • As per above instructions, work with Buyer prior to engaging designer and/or start of project to ensure compliance with UCB policy and procedures.
  • Engaging external designers to assist with furniture selection and layout is at the discretion of the Department and/or Construction & Design.
  • It is the responsibility of the UCB Project Managing Unit to ensure that all external designers engaged to work on UCB projects adhere to UCB policy and procedures. 
  • The UCB Project Managing Unit will be responsible for submitting to Supply Chain Management any required documentation and/or justification if Steelcase products are not purchased. 
  • The UCB Project Managing Unit will be held accountable for any delays to furniture order due to incomplete or invalid documentation submitted to Supply Chain Management.
  • All communications with, and all documents from, external designers must flow through the UCB Project Managing Unit and not directly to Supply Chain Management, unless otherwise directed by Supply Chain Management.
  • For those orders that follow the RFP/RFQ process, the UCB Project Managing Unit is responsible for ensuring the recommended supplier complies with specifications.
  • Supply Chain Management is committed to working with Construction & Design to meet its objectives for completion of projects on schedule and under budget. Typically, completely documented orders less than $50,000 are processed in 5 days or less. For orders of $50,000 or more, buyer will establish mutually agreeable completion date with requestor for orders over $50K or competitively bid.

Designer (internal or external)

  • Designers are required to comply with UCB policy and procedures. 
  • Any contract between UCB and external designers must instruct the external designers to include the use of Steelcase furniture in design specifications.
  • Any contract between UCB and external designers must instruct the external designers to disclose any relationships and conflicts of interest with potential furniture suppliers.
  • Steelcase products must be presented and considered in the furniture design and selection process.  If Steelcase products are not specified for the final design layout in its entirety, documentation regarding selection process/criteria and source justification will be required.  

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1Reference BUS-43 Part 3 Section III Common Goods, Materials, and Services over $100,000 in Value

-          The Public Contract Code of the State of California (Public Contract Code Section 10507, et seq.) requires that all purchases involving an expenditure of $100,000 or more MUST be competitively bid by an officially authorized University buyer via a Request for Quote (RFQ) using the Lowest Responsible Quote or via a Request for Proposal (RFP) using a Cost per Quality Point analysis or Best Value Methodology.


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