You specify the FF&E. We buy it, track it and install it in France.

What procurement covers

Procurement is the step between your specification and the furnished space. From your schedule of FF&E, we request quotes from the makers you named, or equivalents if you allow them, and consolidate everything into one quote for your client. We place the orders, check each order acknowledgement against the specification, follow production, organise transport to France, receive and inspect the goods, then deliver and install on site.

You keep the design decisions. When a lead time, a discontinued finish or a compliance issue forces a choice, we bring you options with their consequences and wait for your answer.

• consolidated quote from your FF&E schedule
• order acknowledgements checked line by line
• production follow-up and shipping
• reception, inspection and storage before delivery
• installation and snag list

The French details a foreign studio would rather not learn

Projects open to the public fall under French fire safety rules for ERP buildings: textiles classified M1 or Euroclass, upholstered pieces backed by test reports such as EN 1021-1 and -2, and an inspection body, the bureau de contrôle, that approves the list. We collect and check the reports for each line before ordering.

There is also the French language requirement for care and assembly instructions, the furniture recycling eco-contribution shown on invoices, VAT rules for deliveries in France and to neighbouring countries, and Paris access constraints: booked delivery slots, small lifts, building managers. We handle them so that your client receives a compliant, documented project.

How we work with the trade

Architects and designers can join our Trade programme. The terms of the collaboration, including how your client is invoiced and how your role is acknowledged, are agreed in writing at the start of each project, in line with your own practice. You can stay in front of the client while we work in the background, or let us contract directly with them.

We do not sell building works. Fixed joinery and fit-out are carried out by the contractors you or your client appoint; we coordinate furniture deliveries with their programme.

One tracker, shared

Each line of the schedule has a status you can read at any time: quoted, approved, ordered with the confirmed date, shipped, received, delivered, installed. When a maker moves a date, you hear it from us the same week, with an alternative if the opening date is at risk. At handover, you receive the documentation file: test reports, care instructions, maker references and spare fabric details.

Typical cases

Typical case: a representative situation, not a completed project.

What procurement costs depend on

The procurement service is quoted with the furniture. The main variables:

Every line of the quote shows maker, origin and announced lead time; terms for the trade are confirmed in writing per project.

How we work

1. 01

   Schedule review

   Your FF&E schedule, drawings, budget and key dates.

2. 02

   Consolidated quote

   Makers consulted, alternatives flagged, compliance checked.

3. 03

   Orders and tracking

   Acknowledgements checked, shared tracker updated weekly.

4. 04

   Reception and inspection

   Goods checked before they reach the site.

5. 05

   Delivery, installation, handover

   Installed to plan, snag list, documentation file.