Dept of Justice, Fed Prison Industries, 320 1st Street NW -- Material Mgt Branch, Washington, DC 20534-0001

71 -- ERGONOMIC CHAIR LINE FOR FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC. SOL 1PI-R-0939-98 DUE 021598 POC Greg Wallis (202) 305-7320 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, gwallis@central.unicor.gov. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), which operates under the trade name UNICOR, intends to enter into a contract for a line of ergonomic seating that will be incorporated into FPI's current offering of office chairs. FPI is a wholly-owned Government Corporation within the Department of Justice, under the Federal Prison System. FPI operates more than 100 factories and its product lines include over 175 separate products and services sold exclusively to federal agencies and the Department of Defense. UNICOR's mission is to employ and provide skills training to the greatest practicable number of inmates in federal correctional facilities necessary to ensure the safe and secure operation of such institutions, and in doing so, to produce market priced, quality goods in a self-sustaining manner that minimizes potential on private business and labor. This ergonomic line is intended to update and expand FPI's current chair offering of the following seating products: Ergo High Back Chair, Ergo Low Back Chair, Ergo Lobby/Conference Chair, Ergo Guest Chair, and Deluxe Ergo Chair and will be a complementary offering to FPI's Legacy, Tempo, and Transitional Ergonomic Chair Lines. Additional information regarding UNICOR's schedule of products and services can be found on our website at www.unicor.gov. Specifications and photographs for the chairs discussed herein can be found by clicking on the "Browse Catalog" button, then the "Quickship" button, then the "Seating" icon, and then the "Ergonomic Chairs" link. FPI anticipates that it will initially purchase this line of ergonomic seating at a kit or component level in order to assemble and upholster the chairs. However, the contract will include vertical integration rights permitting FPI to manufacture any combination of chair components ovver the life of the contract. A five year fixed-price contract with an economic price adjustment provision is anticipated. Please contact Greg Wallis at 202/305-7320. Requests for the solicitation package may be requested via facsimile transmission (202/305-7363) or E-mail transmission (gwallis@ central.unicor.gov). Please indicate whether your firm is a small or a large business concern. (0351)

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