furniture 

Furniture Purchases:

• All furniture purchases must be requisitioned via the Procurement Services Department and must comply with the RISD Furniture Style Guide.  

• Furniture over $25,000 will require a competitive bid process from at least three competitive bids.

RISD Furniture Style Guide

• Link to RISD Furniture Style Guide

Steps:

Step#1 Access your needs and validate departmental budget dollars allocated to the request

Step#2 Review the "RISD Furniture Style Guide"

Step #3 Contact Procurement Services to develop a quotation for furniture request

via email: epro@risd.edu

Step#4 Depending on the complexity of the project, a quotation meeting or an RFP launch meeting will be scheduled.  Onsite consultations can be done for more complex work.

Step#5 Quotations finalized and approved

Step#6 Requisition created and PO issued

Step#7 Furniture delivered

Keep In Mind:

• The standard lead time on commercial furniture is 5-6 weeks from order date, so it is important to submit your furniture inquiry well in advance to ensure effective sourcing and bidding (if applicable) to occur, and for delivery and installation to take place by the department’s need-by date. 

• Procurement can assist departments by facilitating on-site vendor consults for needs assessment, sourcing, and identification of options. 

• The process for large, capital furniture projects is that Campus Planning/Facilities engages Procurement, as early as possible, especially for those projects that require an RFP process.