5 Steps to professional FF&E Procurement
The furniture, fixture and equipment procurement must comply with the life safety codes and standards like slip resistance, toxicity, and flammability. There are several legal as well as technical issues involved apart from just aesthetics. FF&E is not just selecting any furniture and material, it should be functional, durable, budgetary, meet sustainability and life safety needs of the project. Mentioned below are 5 steps to professional FF&E procurement-
1. Project management- a team of multi-disciplinary procurement specialist takes care of the project right from the start to finish. Researching and sourcing FF&E for hotel procurement is a long process and includes- an initial selection that meets design and budget, the item must conform to industry standards, minimum environmental standards and samples might be provided by the vendor for final approval.
2. Financial management- the accounts and purchasing experts analyze and report from the start of the project and are involved at every stage. There are several methods of estimating costs of FF&E items like set free, square footage, parameter, and detailed quantity take-offs.
3. Specialist procurement- the industry experts source and procure the products and strive to deliver highly-effective purchasing solutions. Some basic procurement steps involved are- issuing contract proposal to the client, issuing PO to the vendor, vendor issues acknowledgment of the PO, after shipping the goods, and invoice is sent back for payment.
4. Specialist logistics- the FF&E provider organizes logistics with real-time reporting.
5. On-site installation- installation professional and project managers take care of the FF&E and OS&E items on the site. They act as owner’s representative, coordinate schedules for delivery and installation, rejects non-conforming work, approves small changes without affecting the cost or delivery.
















