Commissioning Cost-Benefit Analysis For Product Safety Regulations on Foam-Filled Furniture

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RFx ID :	20907542
Tender Name :	Commissioning Cost-Benefit Analysis For Product Safety Regulations on Foam-Filled Furniture
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Open Date :	Wednesday, 3 April 2019 2:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  :	Monday, 22 April 2019 1:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Tender Type :	Request for Quotations (RFQ)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	72000000 - Building and Facility Construction and Maintenance Services 73000000 - Industrial Production and Manufacturing Services 81000000 - Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services 92000000 - National Defense and Public Order and Security and Safety Services 95000000 - Land and Buildings and Structures and Thoroughfares
Regions:	Auckland Bay of Plenty Canterbury Chatham Islands Gisborne Hawke's Bay Manawatu-Wanganui Marlborough Nelson Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Tasman Waikato Wellington West Coast
Exemption Reason :	None
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	Shaneel Nath Through GETS
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Agency Address :	NEW ZEALAND

Fire and Emergency New Zealand have highlighted that the amount of time between ignition of a household item and it becoming engulfed in flames is critical to people being able to escape a dwelling. Increasing the amount of time for a resident to escape a house fire is seen as critical. The nature of the problem relates to the composition of the foam used in most modern furniture, especially flexible polyurethane foam. This material is highly flammable when expose to an ignition source.

MBIE requires a detailed and resilient cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to assess the regulatory impact of adopting product safety regulations that mandate a standard for the ignitibility and flammability of foam-filled furniture. This CBA will serve as the basis for the regulatory impact assessment and the regulatory impact statement developed by MBIE.

No Winner Following a closed Request for Quotes tendering process, The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of 15 Stout Street, Wellington has awarded this contract to NZ Institute of Economic Research (Inc) of Level 13, 22-28, Willeston Street, Wellington to prepare a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to assess the regulatory impact of adopting product safety regulations that mandate a standard for the ignitibility and flammability of foam-filled furniture. The contract was signed in May 2019 and the term is from June 2019 for the period of 12 weeks. The estimated contract value is approximately $66,175 (excluding GST).