Furniture Testing

BIFMA has been working for some time already on its new revision of BIFMA X5.1 and recently released its BIFMA X5.1 Association Ballot.  Members are to review, vote and if appropriate; comment on this new standard’s version by September 11th. …

Request for Supply Arrangement testing and design requirements Per our previous post, PWGSC has published its RFSA for workstations furniture last February. Since then they have published 9 amendments that include the numerous questions asked by the bidders and also…

The Government of Canada released on February 20th its Request For Supply .  The Solicitation closes on April 21rst 2015.   However, there is a Bidders conference on March 9th in Ottawa and should there be a lot of issues the closing…

Large Occupant Office Chairs Tests, new standard publication. BIFMA X5.11 BIFMA released two weeks ago its new standard for large occupant office chairs; BIFMA X 5.11. Whereas ANSI/BIFMA X 5.1 is based on a 253 lbs individual, this new standard will…

BIFMA recently published its association ballot for BIFMA X 5.6.  The vote results were 12 affirmative, 0 negative and 1 abstention.  BIFMA made an effort to harmonize BIFMA X5.6 with BIFMA X5.5 and BIFMA X5.9. Micom did vote yes to…

BIFMA X5.11 General Purpose Large Occupant Office Chairs – tests –  was released on January 5, 2015 by the Business Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association.  This standard is for individuals having a body mass greater than 253 lbs and up to 400…

I was recently asked to testify as an expert witness in front of a House of Communes Permanent Committee that wanted to know about the benefits and issues the Canadian General Standards Board provides Canadians.  Below is a transcript of…

Government of Canada released Letter of Interest (LOI) for its new procurement policy on office furniture excluding seating and High density storage including information on what will be its furniture testing . PWGSC wants to include in the same Consolidated Procurement Instrument (CPI) panel systems, Freestanding furniture and storage cabinets. The standards used in the CPI will be BIFMA X5.5, BIFMA X5.6, BIFMA X5.9, CAN/CGSB 44.227 and CAN/CGSB 44.229.

Government of Canada releases its long awaited Request for Supply Agreements for Office Seating (E60PQ-120001/B) and allows outdated test reports to be used to establish product compliance. Would you buy a chair based on a 20 year old test report?…

This document shows the 2005 mechanical testing to ANSI/BIFMA x5.4 & quote lounge and public seating tests compared to the 2012 official version. Learn more: If you have any questions about our furniture testing services, we invite you to contact…