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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 13, 2017 FBO #5742
DOCUMENT

71 -- TASK CHAIRS - Attachment

Notice Date

8/11/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

337211 — Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 4;1010 Delafield Road;Pittsburgh, PA 15215
 

ZIP Code

15215
 

Solicitation Number

VA24417Q1559
 

Response Due

8/16/2017
 

Archive Date

10/15/2017
 

Point of Contact

Ronald Kline
 

E-Mail Address

Ronald.Kline@va.gov
(Ronald.Kline@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Office Task and Guest Side Chairs, BRAND NAME OR EQUAL, as prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. A firm-fixed price purchase order is anticipated. (ii) The solicitation number is VA244-17-Q-1559 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 (iv) This solicitation is set aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and the associated NAICS code 337211 has a small business size standard of 1000. (v) Contract Line Items (CLIN): CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 Office Task Chairs 88.00 EA __________________ __________________ 0002 Guest Side Chairs 32.00 EA __________________ __________________ GRAND TOTAL __________________ (vi) Comparable products must be brand name or equal in the following specifications: SALIENT FEATURES: The seating for the offices and open area s above are included in the quantities below. Conference / Office Task Chair 88 Guest Chair - 32 The individual specifications and a sketch for each chair is listed / shown below in the section entitled Furniture Description. The delivery of the new furniture will be made at the ground floor loading dock. Furniture Description: The sketch for each item listed above is shown below. The furniture provided shall be similar in design to the items shown on those sketches. The furniture provided should be on GSA Schedule. All seating shall meet or exceed the testing requirements of ANSI / BIFMA product standards and guidelines. Conference / Office Task Seating: General Description The task chair shall have a mesh type material that conforms to the user's body and retains its original shape when unoccupied. The material shall be lightweight and breathable and shall distribute the user's weight evenly over the seat and back of the chair. The chair shall have a pneumatic height adjustment and a tilt that lets the body naturally pivot at the ankles, knees, and hips. The tilt limiter and seat angle adjustment shall allow the user to limit the recline and select a horizontal or 5 ° forward seat angle. It shall have back-support provided by adjustable lumbar support. The task chair shall have three (3) available sizes A, B, and C-size which are all chairs are tested and warranted for use by persons 300 pounds and under. Construction - Seat and Back The separate seat and back shall be a durable, breathable material, Pellicle or equal, stretched within a carrier ring and fitted into an outer frame. The material shall be a woven blend of spandex and colored polyester yarn with Hytrel elastomeric polyester, which is a high performance polymer. It shall support and distribute the user s weight evenly over the seat and back of the chair and shall retain its original shape when the chair is unoccupied. The material shall be manufactured with a fire-retardant additive. The carrier ring shall be a glass-filled elastomeric copolymer molded around the perimeter of the material to frame and support it. The outer frame shall be injection-molded, glass filled nylon. The ring and frame shall be secured together with screws. The back of the outer frame shall have molded-in rails to accept the optional lumbar pad. At the seat s waterfall front edge, a cushioning insert of molded urethane foam shall be fitted between the material and the chair frame and attached with double-sided tape. Right and left swing arms shall attach the seat and back to the tilt mechanism, support the arms, and provide an attachment location for the control knobs and cable covers for the tilt. The swing arms shall be die-cast aluminum with a wrinkle-coat powder-coat epoxy finish. The swing arms shall attach with 2 screws to each side of the back frame and with ball joints to the seat. The cable covers shall be injection-molded, glass-filled nylon and shall be screw attached to the inside of the swing arms. The seat shall have a link on each side to control the seat angle. The links shall be die-cast aluminum with a wrinkle-coat powder-coat epoxy finish. The links shall attach with screws to the seat and tilt housing. Adjustable Back Support The lumbar pad shall be self-skinning urethane with a clip insert of injection-molded nylon molded onto each side. Each clip insert shall have 12 C-shaped sections that grip the rails in the back frame and let the user slide the pad up and down. The lumbar pad shall grip the rails in the back frame to allow the user to slide it up and down within a 4 1/2" range. The pad shall be approximately 3/4" thick on the inside and 1 1/4" thick on the outside and shall be reversible to adjust for more or less support. Arms The fully adjustable arms shall have an armpad support and a yoke, both of die-cast aluminum with wrinkle-coat powder-coat epoxy finish. A support shall attach to the arm yoke with screws, and the yokes shall attach with screws to slots in the swing arms, at the right and left sides of the chair back. The yoke of a fully adjustable arm shall ride up and down in the slot, its position controlled by an injection-molded acetal lever. Chairs shall have 11 1/2"-by-4" armpads that shall be foamed in place to a nylon armpad insert on the armpad support. Standard nonupholstered armpads shall be self-skinning urethane foam molded over a nylon insert. Arms are fully adjustable that move the arms 4" vertically and pivot the armpads 15 ° outward and 17 1/2 ° inward. Base The chair base shall house a unitized 2-stage pneumatic seat height adjustment mechanism contained in 3 telescoping steel tubes; 2 inner tubes shall slide and rotate in a Delrin bushing within an outer tube. One inner tube shall have a tapered end that shall be pressed into a tilt casting. The outer tube shall be coated black and shall have a tapered end that will be pressed into the base and a nontapered end fitted with a Delrin bushing. Pneumatic cylinders shall be able to be field replaceable. The 5-star base shall be die-cast aluminum, with a wrinkle-coat powder-coat epoxy finish. The chair shall swivel 360 °. Chairs shall be furnished with interchangeable casters. Seat Height The seat height shall be controlled by a glass-filled nylon lever and paddle mounted on the right swing arm. The approximate seat height range shall be 14 3/8" to 19 1/2" for A-size chairs and 15" to 20 7/8" for B and C-size chairs. Tilt The tilt shall allow the user s body to pivot at the ankles, knees, and hips. The back-to seat tilt ratio shall be 1 3/4 ° to 1 ° when the chair is reclined from a neutral angle. A chair with a tilt limiter and a seat angle adjustment shall have a nominal 30 ° recline. The tilt mechanism shall be comprised of a rubber torsion bushing spring, a gear-driven tension adjustment, and a stamped steel housing. A 2-piece, fire-retardant acrylonitrile butadiene styrene cover shall snap together to enclose the tilt mechanism. The A-size chair shall have a tilt spring gauged for smaller users; the B- and C-size chairs shall have a tilt spring gauged for larger users. The tilt-tension adjustment shaft shall extend from the right side of the tilt and shall be steel, with a powder-coat epoxy finish. A soft, textured, molded tilt-tension knob shall be pressed onto the shaft. The chairs with a tilt limiter shall have 12 incremental adjustments to allow the user to limit the amount of back recline within a nominal range 30 °. The tilt limiter and angle adjustment shall be controlled by paddle mounted on the left swing arm. The seat angle adjustment shall let the user select a +1 ° horizontal or -4 ° forward seat angle. Performance The chair shall be rated to support a maximum of 300 pounds. The chair shall meet CAL 133 requirements. Conference / Guest Seating: General Description This side chair shall have a mesh type material that conforms to the user s body and retains its original shape when unoccupied. The material shall be lightweight and breathable and shall distribute the user s weight evenly over the seat and back of the chair. The chair shall have a sled base and arms and shall have the option of having sled-base glides. Construction Seat and Back The separate seat and back shall be a durable, breathable material, Pellicle or equal, stretched within a carrier ring and fitted into an outer frame. The material shall be a woven blend of spandex and colored polyester yarn with Hytrel elastomeric polyester, which is a high performance polymer. It shall support and distribute the user s weight evenly over the seat and back of the chair and shall retain its original shape when the chair is unoccupied. The material shall be manufactured with a fire-retardant additive. The carrier ring shall be a glass-filled elastomeric copolymer molded around the perimeter of the material to frame and support it. The outer frame shall be injection-molded, glass reinforced thermoplastic polyester. The ring and frame shall be secured together with screws. The back of the outer frame shall have molded-in rails to accept the optional lumbar pad. At the seat s waterfall front edge, a cushioning insert of molded urethane foam shall be fitted between the Pellicle material and the chair frame and attached with double-sided tape. Arms and Base The sled base and arms shall be 13-gauge steel tubing with a wrinkle-coat powder-coat epoxy finish. Optional glides shall be available for sled-base chairs used on hard floors. The glides shall snap fit and shall be of nylon. They shall attach at 4 pre-pierced locations on the bottom of the sled base and shall have an antirotational guide pin. Glides can be replaced on site. Performance Data The chair shall be rated to support a maximum of 300 pounds. The chair shall meet CAL 133 requirements. Warranty: Product shall come with a Limited Lifetime warranty on product. The warranty includes parts and labor and covers 24/7 use. The 12-year, 3-shift warranty covers all standard elements and includes labor on all warranty work. Proposal Package: The proposal package shall include a brochure on the manufacturer and color photos of the product, a layout and the lead time of the product being suggested for this project. Clarifications should be included in the proposal package if any specifications of the suggested product deviate from the project specification information given in this bid. (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses AND instructions are added as addenda: CLAUSES: 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) 52.214-21 Descriptive Literature (APR 2002) 852.211-73 Brand Name or Equal. (JAN 2008) 852-219-10 VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (ix) Evaluation of this requirement will be based on PRICE ONLY. (x) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer if has not been completed on SAM.gov. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses are added as addenda: (End of Clause) 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil https://acquisition.gov/far (End of Clause) 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (JAN 2008) 852.246-71 Inspection (Jan 2008) (xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition: 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2015) 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) 52.222-19 Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (FEB 2016) (E.O. 13126) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (APR 2015) 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-3 Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (MAY 2014) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008) 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Other than System for Award Management (JUL 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (xiii) There are no additional contract requirements, terms or conditions. (xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) ratings are NOT APPLICABLE. (xv) Quotes must be emailed to ronald.kline@va.gov and received no later than 1:00 pm EST on the close date of Wednesday, 8-16-17. Quote may be submitted on this document or the vendor s own form. (xvi) For information regarding the solicitation, please contact Ronald Kline at ronald.kline@va.gov
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/PiVAMC646/PiVAMC646/VA24417Q1559/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA244-17-Q-1559 VA244-17-Q-1559.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3726392&FileName=VA244-17-Q-1559-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3726392&FileName=VA244-17-Q-1559-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: VAMC Philadelphia;3900 Woodland ave.;Philadelphia, PA

Zip Code: 19104
 

Record

SN04625933-W 20170813/170811232645-4b73afa621f7785302746e829311532a (fbodaily.com)
 

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