PWGSC letter of interest – Section-by-section comments

PWGSC published its letter of interest for office seating. This is not a request for bids. However, Manufacturers should pay attention to this document as a lot of the requirements present in this document might well be used in the RFSA official document. For your convenience, we prepared a section by section technical review so that you can see how the requirements might impact your products:

PWGSC letter of interest

Section-by section comments

	PD-8 Section #	Comment
	2.2 + 8.1.1	Wrong edition date of BIFMA X 5.1, the current version is 2011
	3.2	What about chairs with s self counterbalancing mechanism? PWGSC should focus on performance.
	3.4	This seems to be a rare option; why should this be part of the requirements
	4.2	There does not seem to be a category for synchro tilt
	5.3	What about height adjustable T-arms? Not to have this option will increase product costs with no real benefits
	6.1.1	The CAN/CGSB 44.232 committee has removed this requirement from the current standard’s version as it does not provide any ergonomic benefits. Having this additional measurement criterion will force manufacturers to re-measure their chairs.
	7.3.4	Having a sustainable product also implies making sure the purchased product gets delivered unbroken. Package performance should be evaluated by requiring packagi