Professional furniture: how to reconcile cost reduction and quality? – Monitoring & Tribune > Logistics

Setting up personal or shared, spacious or compact workspaces… management is faced with a wide choice of furniture: individual, shared, connected, modular… at all prices! How can you ensure a purchase that combines quality and price while remaining in line with the establishment’s purchasing strategy?

One of the strategies in terms of purchasing is to use purchasing groups or purchasing centers. UGAP, the leading public purchasing center in France, is a solution. For 50 years, the public purchasing center has been supplying professional furniture for public actors. Already recognized for its school furniture, UGAP offers a choice of office equipment corresponding to the constraints of public actors in terms of ergonomics, ecology and economy. Important criteria given the constrained budgets.

Recognized suppliers in France and Europe

With more than 190 active markets and nearly 70 suppliers specializing in furniture, UGAP offers professional quality office furniture meeting the missions of work environment departments. Its suppliers are recognized in the sector and most of their furniture is manufactured in France or in Europe.

This equipment covers multiple uses: shared self-service office (Flex-Office) or office with integrated storage, executive office with social area, modular or connected furniture, discussion or privacy spaces, as well as ergonomic furniture meeting the challenges of MSDs*… All the equipment offered by the public purchasing center has also been selected for its durability and its social and environmental impact…All the equipment offered by the public purchasing center has also been selected for its durability and its social and environmental impact.

Solid expertise

In 2023, the redesign of ugap.fr – the purchasing center’s e-commerce site – has a dual objective: to facilitate the purchasing process and make it more user-friendly thanks to a refined design. Optimized search and navigation, personalized product recommendations, customer reviews… improvements that contribute to the successful use of the website, which has 5.8 million visits. In 2023, it is also 46 million page views and 44% of the purchasing center’s orders processed by ugap.fr.

Exclusively dedicated to public procurement, UGAP teams – each expert in their field – work daily to guarantee a secure purchase, meeting the rules of public procurement. Each supplier, holding a contract with UGAP, is selected through transparent and competitive calls for tender, thus guaranteeing quality products adapted to the specific needs of public stakeholders. This selection ensures quality and continuous innovation, aligned with societal and technological trends, while offering furniture solutions for all budgets.

In 2023, more than 8,500 public clients placed their trust in UGAP by ordering nearly 657,000 furniture references.

*MSD: musculoskeletal disorders