FN1616-26 A0001 INSTALLS.pdf
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This is an Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract (Standard Form 30) issued by UNICOR, Federal Prison Industry for solicitation FN1616-26, effective August 28, 2026. The amendment modifies the original solicitation for office furniture installation services and provides responses to 41 questions and answers submitted by prospective offerors.
The solicitation is for installation services for office furniture across multiple geographic regions including Eastern, Central, Western, Metropolitan, Alaska, Hawaii, and OCONUS locations. Key modifications include: removal of Hawaii from OCONUS pricing and inclusion with Alaska pricing; revised pricing sheets to reflect this change; and clarification that the anticipated award date is October 1, 2026, with a five-year period of performance extending through September 30, 2031. The contract is a single-award IDIQ with a guaranteed minimum of $1,000 and an estimated maximum aggregate value of $173,000,000 (approximately $34,000,000 annually). All cost elements including airfare, lodging, per diem, freight, local transportation, mobilization, and location-specific costs must be included in regional pricing. The contractor must maintain full-time management positions including a National Installation Manager, Regional Installation Managers, and Site Installation Managers (one per region), all of whom must be in place prior to the first delivery order. Liquidated damages apply at 5% weekly of overall installation costs. The revised proposal deadline is Wednesday, September 4, 2026, by 2:00 PM EST, with electronic submission via email to Brent.Ponder@usdoj.gov or Barbara.McMaster@usdoj.gov. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
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| New Parts -Base YR- OY4 2026.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Past Performance Survey FN1616 26 (REVISED).docx | DOCX document | |
| Installer Subcontrator List.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| New Parts Contract Pricing REVISED.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| New Parts -Contract Pricing REVISED.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| BUSINESS MANAGEMENT QUESTIONAIRE.pdf | ||
| RFP1620000348.pdf | ||
| Installation Regional Map.pdf | ||
| Past Performance Survey FN1616 26.docx | DOCX document | |
| New Parts -Contract Pricing.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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Attachment A
AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/ MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT
1. CONTRACT ID CODE
PAGE OF PAGES
1620000348
2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.
5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)
A0001 08/28/2026
6. ISSUED BY
CODE
7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)
UNICOR, Federal Prison Industry 400 First St. NW Washington, DC 20534
See Block 6
8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, country, State and Zip Code)
(x)
9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.
UNDETERMINED
FN1616-26
X
9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)
08/28/2026
10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.
Ξ
10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)
FACILITY CODE
11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATIONS
The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and the date specified for receipt of Offers XX is extended, is not extended.
Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment number. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.
12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)
13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,
IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.
(X)
A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.
B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, Appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103 (b).
C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF :
x
D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) FAR 52.212-4 (c)
E. IMPORTANT : Contractor XX is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.
14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)
See Attachment A: Please find the attached responses to the questions that were asked for the solicitation for INSTALLATIONS for Office Furniture Group Federal Prison Industries. There will be a change to OCONUS.
Hawaii is being removed from OCONUS and included with Alaska. The pricing sheet will be revised to include Hawaii.
Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.
15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)
16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)
Brent Ponder, Contract Specialist
15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR
15C. DATE SIGNED
16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
16C. DATE SIGNED
BY
(Signature of the person authorized to sign)
(Signature of contracting officer)
NSN 7540-01-152-8070
PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE
30-105
STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)
Prescribed by GSA
FAR(48 CFR) 53.243
Amendment A0001 FN1616-26 INSTALLATION
SOLICITATION #FN1616-26 IS BEING MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS in accordance with Section 13 D:
Revised to reflect this change to OCONUS. Hawaii is being removed from OCONUS and included with Alaska. The pricing sheet will be revised to include Hawaii.
Questions & Answers to FN1616-26
1. Question Deadline. Section A states that written questions are due by August 25, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. EST, but also states that no questions will be answered after August 17, 2026. Please confirm the governing deadline for submission of questions. The solicitation further identifies August 25, 2026 as a Monday; please confirm the intended calendar date.
RESPONSE: The deadline is 08/25/2026
2. Period of Performance. The solicitation states that the period of performance will be five years based on the actual award date, but also states that performance will not occur prior to October 1, 2031. Please confirm the anticipated award date and the intended five-year period of performance.
RESPONSE: The anticipated award date is October 1st, 2026. The statement “that performance will not occur prior to October 1, 2031 was a typo.
3. Proposal Submission Method. The solicitation contains language requiring copies of the proposal to be sent to two listed individuals, while Section M states that signed and dated offers may be submitted by postal mail and email and identifies Brent.Ponder@usdoj.gov for email submission. Please confirm the required submission method, whether email submission alone is acceptable, and whether the complete proposal must be sent to both Brent Ponder and Barbara McMaster.
RESPONSE: You can submit your proposal via email to Brent Ponder Email:Brent.Ponder@usdoj.gov or Barbara McMaster Email: Barbara.McMaster@usdoj.gov
4. Receipt Confirmation. Section M instructs offerors to confirm receipt of their proposal with Peyton Perry, Contract Specialist, but no contact information for Peyton Perry appears in the solicitation. Please identify the individual and method offerors should use to confirm receipt.
RESPONSE: Receipt of proposal will be sent by Brent Ponder Brent.Ponder@usdoj.gov.
5. Solicitation and Document Identifiers. Please confirm that FN1616-26 is the controlling solicitation number and advise whether document number 1620000348 and SF 1449 number 50-5254 must also appear on the offer or supporting documents. The solicitation itself directs offerors to reference FN1616-26.
RESPONSE: Please use FN1616-26.
6. Guaranteed Minimum and Maximum. The solicitation states that the guaranteed minimum is $1,000 and the guaranteed maximum is $5,000 over the duration of the five-year single-award IDIQ. Please confirm that these amounts are correct as written and represent the contractual minimum and maximum for the entire five-year ordering period.
RESPONSE: No, it should state that the guaranteed minimum is $1,000. It should not state anything about the guaranteed maximum.
7. Aggregate Ordering Ceiling. If the stated $5,000 guaranteed maximum is not intended to serve as the aggregate ordering ceiling, please identify the maximum aggregate value of delivery orders that may be issued during the five-year term.
RESPONSE: $173,000,000 estimated amount of the guaranteed maximum.
8. Historical Contract Volume. To support consistent and responsible pricing, please provide available historical annual and/or total spend and the number of delivery orders issued under the current or predecessor installation contract.
RESPONSE: Estimated annual spend amount averages $34,000,000 per year. The estimated delivery orders would vary based on the governments needs.
9. Anticipated Workload. Please provide any available estimate of the annual number of installation projects, typical project size or number of workstations/units, and expected geographic distribution of work among the Eastern, Central, Western, Metropolitan, Alaska/Hawaii, and OCONUS pricing areas.
RESPONSE: The size of the jobs vary based on what the customer needs to do to the facility and or regional areas. We cannot provide you with an estimated dollar value of install projects.
The regional attachment separately identifies Eastern, Central, Western, Alaska, Hawaii, Metropolitan, and OCONUS pricing treatment, including an OCONUS upcharge for Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other OCONUS locations.
10. Quantity-Range Unit of Measure. For any scale-price ranges identified in the pricing workbook, including 1–49, 50–150, and 150+, please confirm the unit of measure that determines the applicable quantity tier for each product or service category, such as workstation, furniture unit, piece, project, or another unit.
RESPONSE: Please review the attached worklist that was provided in the solicitation.
11. Pricing Workbook Evaluation. Please explain how the pricing workbook will be evaluated and normalized for award.
Specifically, will each regional/unit price be equally weighted, will estimated quantities be applied, or will another evaluation methodology be used?
RESPONSE: Overall workbook will be evaluated.
12. Zero-Dollar Pricing. Please confirm whether a price of $0.00 is permitted when a service or accessory is included at no additional charge, or whether every pricing cell must contain a positive unit price.
RESPONSE: $0.00 price would not be accepted
13. Overtime / After-Hours Pricing. Please clarify the methodology for calculating overtime and after-hours work where the solicitation references contracted item pricing plus an additional labor differential. Please confirm whether the overtime differential is applied per installer labor hour, per crew hour, per item, or by another method.
RESPONSE: Overtime is done in man hours. Please provide your regular hourly rate and OT is half.
14. Wage Determinations and Union Requirements. Please confirm how delivery-order-specific Department of Labor wage determinations, prevailing wage requirements, and union-scale requirements will be incorporated into delivery orders when applicable, and whether contract pricing may be adjusted when legally required wage rates exceed the applicable contracted regional rate.
RESPONSE: This will be determined based of the Sales & Marketing and Space Plan and Design. This will be determined by the Space Plan and Design vendor, and they will provide the union fees at the time of the SOW.
15. Union Fees. Section B includes a separate line item for “UNION-FEES.” Please clarify what costs may be charged to this line item and whether union initiation fees, assessments, minimum calls, travel-zone charges, or other union-required costs may be billed at the delivery-order level.
RESPONSE: This will be determined by the Space Plan & Design the vendor will provide the Union fees at the time of the
SOW.
16. Alaska, Hawaii, and OCONUS Pricing. Please identify which cost elements must be included in the Alaska, Hawaii, and OCONUS pricing and which, if any, may be separately quoted at the delivery-order level, including airfare, lodging, per diem, freight, local transportation, mobilization, customs, visas, permits, and similar location-specific costs.
RESPONSE: All, cost elements must be included.
17. Required Management Positions. The Statement of Work identifies minimum management positions, including a National
Installation Manager, Regional Installation Managers, Site Installation Managers, and related coordination positions. Please confirm which positions must be full-time employees of the offeror and when those individuals must be in place: proposal submission, contract award, or prior to performance of the first applicable delivery order.
RESPONSE: All employees must be full time employees and must be in place prior to the first delivery order.
18. Multiple Roles. Please confirm whether one qualified employee may perform more than one of the required management or coordination roles, provided all responsibilities and regional coverage requirements are satisfied.
RESPONSE: No
19. Site Installation Managers. The solicitation states that regional site installation manager positions must be full-time employees of the offeror and may be required on-site for high-profile, high-value, or problem projects. Please confirm the minimum number of full-time Site Installation Managers required by region and whether one Site Installation Manager may support multiple concurrent projects when operationally feasible.
RESPONSE: One per region. They may support multiply projects.
20. Subcontractor Approval. Please clarify the approval process and timing for installation subcontractors, warehouse providers, electricians, specialty trades, and OCONUS providers, including whether approval is required before proposal submission, before award, before assignment to a delivery order, or at another point.
RESPONSE: The list will need to be provided in the bid proposal.
21. Installer Listing Template. Where the solicitation requires installer, subcontractor, ship-to, territory, and manufacturer-certification information to be provided by spreadsheet, please confirm whether UNICOR will provide a required Excel template or whether offerors should create their own schedule.
RESPONSE: You can provide your Installer spreadsheet at the time of submittal of bid proposal.
22. Missing Referenced Forms. Please provide, or confirm that offerors are not required to submit with their proposal, any referenced forms or templates not included in the solicitation package, including the NCIC form, Sales Sample Justification, Sales Discount Request Form, ACH form, installer/subcontractor spreadsheet, site-survey form, trip-report form, acceptance form, and punch-list form.
The Statement of Work expressly references an Acceptance Form and Punch List Form for post-installation closeout and invoicing.
RESPONSE: You can provide your Installer /subcontractor spreadsheet spreadsheet at the time of submittal of bid proposal.
23. Past Performance Survey Submission. Please confirm whether completed Past Performance Surveys must be included with the offeror’s proposal or submitted directly to UNICOR by the references. Please also confirm whether recent CPARS evaluations may be submitted in lieu of, or in addition to, the provided survey form.
The provided Past Performance Survey is specifically labeled FN1616-26 and requests reference feedback regarding responsiveness, knowledge, satisfaction, follow-up, and overall performance.
RESPONSE: The Past Performance Survey will need to be completed with your previous customers that your company currently does business with. Please note that we will follow up them to verify for confirmation.
24. Liquidated Damages. The solicitation includes a liquidated-damages clause with the daily amount left blank. Please confirm whether liquidated damages will apply under the resulting contract and, if so, identify the applicable daily amount and the delivery-order conditions that will trigger assessment.
RESPONSE: Yes, liquidated damages will apply under the contract. 5% weekly of the overall cost of the install.
25. Technical Evaluation Language. If Section M contains language referring to technical ability associated with “waste pick up and disposal,” please confirm that the intended technical evaluation standard is the offeror’s ability to perform the furniture installation, teardown, reconfiguration, delivery, site cleanup, and related services required by the Statement of Work. The Statement of Work expressly includes workstation teardown, new installation, reconfiguration, evening/weekend work, unusual site conditions, cleanup, and daily trash removal.
RESPONSE: Yes, the technical evaluation standard is the offeror’s ability to perform the duties listed in the Statement Of Work.
26. Current Contract / Incumbent. Please confirm whether FN1616-26 is a recompete of an existing installation-services contract. If so, please identify the incumbent contractor(s), current contract number, period of performance, expiration date, and total or estimated contract value, to the extent releasable.
RESPONSE: Currently, there are two providers for this contract.
KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. Contract Number 4600005284; Expires 09-30-2026; 5 year period. Estimated contract value $134,000,000.
BPD ENGINEERING, LLC. Contract Number 4600005285; Expires 09-30-2026; 5-year period. Estimated contract value
$33,457,659.75
27. Current Solicitation Package and Amendments. Please identify the controlling official notice location for FN1616-26 and confirm that the solicitation package provided to offerors contains all current attachments and amendments. The solicitation states that any amendments will be issued and must be acknowledged by offerors.
RESPONSE: The official notice will be posted on SAM.GOV. The amendment will be posted following receiving all of the response at the close of August 25, 2026, at 1pm EST.
28. Under “General Intention: there is the statement “Guaranteed Minimum is $1,000.00 over the duration of the contract with a Guaranteed Maximum of $5,000.00.” Is the maximum of $5,000 correct?
RESPONSE: This has been answered in Question #6.
29. Is the Past Performance Survey the correct document for the Installation bid? The current version attached to the RFP notification refers to Sales Representatives and not installers.
RESPONSE: I will send out a revised Past Performance Survey stating Installers.
30. Page 53, F3 52.211-11 Liquidated Damages. The amount of government liquidated damages per day is blank.
Should there be an amount or is this clause not applicable to this RFP?
RESPONSE: This has been answered on Question #24.
31. Is pricing only needed on the included Excel spreadsheet or is it also needed on pages 2-32 of RFP document?
RESPONSE: Please include the pricing on the Excel Spread sheet.
32. The RFP on page 46 requires that Successful Offeror(s) shall provide and maintain a detailed list of all installers, subcontractors and ship to locations…shall be provided as part of written proposal, utilizing the attached Excel spreadsheet. There is not a spreadsheet included in documents found on SAM.gov. Can you supply the spreadsheet?
RESPONSE: There will be an attached spreadsheet to this amendment.
33. Some CLINs show a quantity of one (1) whereas others show substantially higher quantities. Can you clarify the quantities shown on pages 2-32?
RESPONSE: The quantity amounts are there to create a line item for each of the items. The quantity are estimated based on anticipated need.
34. Several dates were listed in the RFP; can you clarify if the dates should be 10/1/26 to 9/30/27 from
2026 to 2031 to commence at expiration of the current contract?
RESPONSE: The date of 10/01/2026 to 09/30/2027 is the anticipated contract of the first year. Date 2026-2031 is the 5 year (s) of contract with the commencement date 09/30/2031.
35. Please define the OCONUS up charge and how that is being applied to standard price versus OCONUS location. Is OCONUS only defined as US territory or any US installation.
RESPONSE: OCONUS is outside the 48 states and District of Columbia. Hawaii and Alaska will not be included in OCUNUS.
36. Please confirm that bid responses are to only be submitted electronically via email by the due date of
9/4/26 at 2:00PM EDT to the primary and alternative contacts (Brent P. and Barbara M.)?
RESPONSE: Yes, all bids should be submitted electronically via email at the date time stated in the solicitation.
37. Documents needed per the Solicitation (Not attached on Sam.gov)
a. Acceptance Form and Punch List (PAGE 43) NOT NEEDED
b. Installer Excel Spreadsheet (PAGE 46) NEEDED
c. NCIC Forms (PAGE 47) NOT NEEDED
d. Daily Trip Report (PAGE 40 & 48) NOT NEEDED
e. Final Shortage Sheet (PAGE 49) NOT NEEDED
f. Sales Sample Justification (PAGE 94) - (Not applicable to this solicitation) NOT NEEDED
g. Sales Discount Request (PAGE 94) - (Not applicable to this solicitation) NOT NEEDED
h. Blank Business Management Questionnaire – Can not access on UNICOR.gov (PAGE 103) NEEDED
RESPONSE: I HAVE PUT “NEEDED” AND “NOT NEEDED” by each attachment and I will be submitting these with this amendment.
38. Past Performance Survey (PAGE 94)
RESPONSE: See question #29 response.
39. We believe this statement is a typo or holdover from another contract: “Technical - Ability to meet specifications of
WASTE PICKUP AND DISPOSAL” (PAGE 101)
REPSONSE: See question #25 response.
40. Section H states, “Not Applicable” (Page 57).
RESPONSE: Not Applicable should be excluded.
41. The listed PCU Number is invalid.(PAGE 57)
RESPONSE: The PCU number that is listed is correct PCU number.
THE CLOSING DATE AND TIME OF PROPOSALS TO BE RECEIVED FOR THIS SOLICITATION
TO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2026, BY 2:00 PM EST.
ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/ MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT
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