Allow €10,000 to €30,000 excl. VAT for 10 to 50 products over 3 to 5 months. The budget is close to textiles, but the variety of materials per item of furniture (wood, foam, springs, textiles, metal, electronics for convertibles) multiplies the data to collect. Initial scoping is decisive: on an engagement estimated at €12,000 excl. VAT, discovering that 3 of 8 suppliers had no structured environmental data raised the project to €22,000 excl. VAT. Mapping the data available from each supplier before signing avoids this type of overrun.
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