How to win: 009391 – NFS Furniture Supply

About this contract

Newcastle Furniture Service (NFS) was launched in 1989 to help tenants settle into their homes by providing essential items of furniture. Since then, NFS have grown into the market leader in the provision of affordable furniture and furnished accommodation to social housing tenants. NFS are the furniture service that people trust and, currently support over 12,000 households across the UK and supply products to 28 other Housing Providers, Voluntary Organisations and Local Authorities throughout the UK. It’s simple and straightforward, tenants can choose from a wide range of products including sofas, beds, appliances such as washing machines and microwaves and even crockery and cutlery. NFS provide a range of high quality products with option or fixed furniture packs available.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Newcastle City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £12,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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