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Procurement Documentation

Furniture schedules and BOQ documents that make procurement controllable.

A furniture schedule, or BOQ, is the control document that connects room requirements, quantities, dimensions, finishes, budget bands, supplier notes, approval status and delivery logic before orders are placed on an FF&E package. MWL builds and maintains that document as the single reference procurement is run against, rather than a loose set of messages and mood boards.

BOQ control

What a furniture schedule / BOQ must lock before orders are placed.

A furniture schedule is the control document procurement places against — not a mood board.

What fields belong in an FF&E BOQ starter structure?

MWL’s visible starter uses fifteen fields covering room, item code, description, quantity, dimensions, finishes, notes and approval status so each line can be quoted, sampled and shipped against the same reference.

Is a furniture schedule the same as a BOQ?

They overlap. A pure BOQ emphasizes quantities and budget; MWL’s schedule also carries design, finish and procurement detail needed to place and inspect orders.

What makes a draft schedule unusable for ordering?

Estimated quantities without counts, missing finish references, unclear approval status and item codes that change between revisions. Those gaps create quote drift and wrong shipments.

How do I use the free BOQ structure with MWL?

Review the fifteen fields, map your rooms and items, then send the draft with drawings and decision owners through Start a Design Brief so open lines are separated from price-ready lines.

Project fit

When this service is a fit

  • Create a furniture schedule from a design brief
  • Understand what belongs in an FF&E BOQ
  • Control quantities, finishes and budgets across rooms
  • Prepare procurement documents for designers, owners or contractors

Approach

Furniture schedule and BOQ preparation

A beautiful concept can still fail without a reliable schedule. If item codes, dimensions, quantities, materials, finishes, alternates and approval notes live in separate messages, no one has a single source of truth. MWL builds the furniture schedule so procurement decisions are visible, reviewable and linked to budget.

The schedule also protects delivery. It helps identify what belongs to each room, which items are custom, which samples are pending, which pieces need special packing and what information a contractor needs at handoff. For hotels, apartments, villas and commercial spaces, that structure prevents confusion when the order grows.

Free starter structure

What belongs in an FF&E BOQ

An FF&E BOQ is a line-item control sheet for quantities and budget. A furniture schedule extends it with room, dimensions, finish, supplier, approval and revision references. Use one row per item so quotes, approvals and changes stay traceable.

  1. 01 Item code
  2. 02 Room / area
  3. 03 Category
  4. 04 Item description
  5. 05 Quantity
  6. 06 Unit
  7. 07 Dimensions
  8. 08 Material / finish
  9. 09 Supplier / model
  10. 10 Unit rate
  11. 11 Currency
  12. 12 Line total
  13. 13 Drawing reference
  14. 14 Approval status
  15. 15 Revision note

No sign-up is required to use this structure. Add project-specific fire, packing or installation fields only where the brief calls for them.

Example format

What a line-priced schedule looks like

Example furniture schedule / BOQ line items — illustrative format, not client data
Item code Room Qty Dimensions Finish Approval status
FS-101 Guestroom — King 24 1200 × 600 × 750 mm (desk) Walnut veneer, matte lacquer Approved
FS-102 Guestroom — King 24 900 × 450 × 1800 mm (wardrobe) Oak veneer, satin lacquer Pending sample
FS-103 Suite — Living 8 2100 × 950 × 800 mm (sofa) Grey linen upholstery Approved
FS-104 Lobby 6 1800 × 900 × 400 mm (console) Marble top, brushed brass base In review
FS-105 Restaurant 40 480 × 520 × 850 mm (dining chair) Leather seat, black powder-coated frame Approved
FS-106 Corridor 30 600 × 600 × 750 mm (side table) Stone-composite top Pending finish sample

Sample line items shown for format only — not data from a specific client project.

Process

How MWL controls the work

  1. 1

    Collect floor plans, room list, concept direction and budget target

  2. 2

    Create schedule structure and item coding logic

  3. 3

    Add material notes, samples, alternates and approval status

  4. 4

    Use the schedule to control procurement, QC and delivery

Delivery context

What supports the work

A furniture schedule and BOQ create a shared reference for owners, designers, suppliers, quality teams and logistics partners. Each revision can show what changed, what is approved and which item still needs a dimension, finish, quantity or price decision.

  • Items organized by room, area and stable reference code
  • Quantities, dimensions, finishes and approval status kept together
  • Revision notes make open decisions visible to the project team
  • Quality checks and packing records linked back to scheduled items

Pricing inputs

What MWL needs before a reliable proposal

What sets the price
A schedule or BOQ is priced against its own completeness: whether room-by-room quantities are counted or estimated, how consistently dimensions and finish codes are applied across line items, the budget band assigned per category, and whether supplier notes and approval status are already tracked or still need to be built into the document.
If the brief is still partial
Where a schedule exists only in draft form, MWL reviews it line by line, flags quantities that look estimated rather than counted, and separates items with an approval status from those still pending design sign-off, so the document becomes something procurement can actually place orders against rather than a reference list.
What to send MWL
Send the current schedule or BOQ draft in whatever state it's in, along with the floor plan it's based on and any budget targets per room. MWL will mark which lines are order-ready and which need dimension or finish confirmation first.

Glossary

Key terms

BOQ (Bill of Quantities)
A construction and procurement industry document listing the quantities, dimensions and specifications of materials and items required for a project, used as the basis for quotation, ordering and cost control.

FAQ

Procurement FAQ

What exactly is a furniture schedule?expand_more

A structured list of furniture and related items, organized by room, with quantities, dimensions, finishes, notes and approval status — the control document procurement is placed against, not a mood board.

Is a furniture schedule just another name for a BOQ?expand_more

They overlap but aren't identical. A BOQ emphasizes quantities and budget; MWL's furniture schedule, issued as the F01 Bill of Quantities document within a whole-home package, also carries design, finish and procurement detail a pure BOQ doesn't.

Which teams actually reference the schedule during a project?expand_more

Owners, designers, procurement teams, suppliers, contractors, QC teams and logistics coordinators all work from the same schedule, so nobody is quoting or shipping against a different version.

Can MWL build the schedule starting from just a floor plan?expand_more

Yes. MWL can start from drawings, a room list, style references and budget targets, then build a procurement-ready schedule with item codes and quantities from there.

What happens to a schedule that's only in draft form?expand_more

MWL reviews it line by line, flags quantities that look estimated rather than counted, and separates items with an approval status from those still pending design sign-off, so it becomes something procurement can place orders against.

Turn the requirement into a controlled furniture and material package.