71 -- Fixed Audience Seating

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for market research purposes. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking businesses that can provide Fixed Audience Seating. The Contractor must manufacture and install approximately 750 high-back, rocker style, upholstered auditorium seats. Design services and installation of chairs shall also be included. Chairs shall meet all of the following required specifications: Chairs shall be constructed from cast-iron or steel, have steel end panels with decorative overlay made from hardwood- veneer plywood, self-rising seat mechanism, hardwood armrests, aisle lighting fixtures designed as a component of aisle chairs, row-letter and chair number plates. The Contractor shall install all seats into an auditorium on-site at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. Chairs shall be bolted to a sloped floor.***Vendors must submit documentation of their ability to provide the modules described herein meeting all specifications described herein.*** Vendors shall identify their business size, (small, small-disadvantaged, hub-zone, large etc.) in accordance with North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 337127, Institutional Furniture Manufacturing; the Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees.****Vendors shall indicate whether they are a manufacturer or distributor in accordance with FAR 19.102***Vendors shall indicate if a subcontractor would be utilized and include the business size of the sub- contractor. ALL BUSINESS SIZES ARE WELCOME TO RESPOND TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.***All documentation must be sent via e-mail to Erin Schwam, Contract Specialist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3571. E-mail address: [email protected].***Submission must be received not later than 3:00 PM local time on April 1, 2004.***All capable vendors are encouraged to respond to this notice, however, vendors who do not respond shall not be precluded from responding to any subsequent competitive request for quotation.