26.02 RFP PACKET v2; Partition Replacement McGregor 2026.pdf

Rochester Community Schools

Purchasing Department

Request for Proposal

Date: August 7, 2025 Project: McGregor Elementary School: Folding Partition Replacement

Project Number: 26.02

Response Due Date and Time: August 26, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Local Time Submit Response to: All proposals, required forms, and pricing shall be submitted electronically on BidNet Direct (https://www.bidnetdirect.com)

Submit Questions to: Requests for clarification should be given at Mandatory Site Walk-through.

Description of Procurement: Folding Partition Replacement

Estimated Project Timeline:

Notice of Advertisement in Local Newspaper: August 7, 2025 Release of RFP: August 7, 2025 Mandatory Site Walk-through: August 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Local Time Bid Due Date: August 26, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Local Time Bid Opening and Public Reading: August 26, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Local Time located at 52585 Dequindre, Rochester, MI 48307 Anticipated Board of Education Bid Award: September 15, 2025 Project Completion Date: ASAP →Notice: The right to modify the project timeline is held by Rochester Community Schools in absolute discretion.

26.02 – Folding Partition Replacement Rochester Community Schools

Table of Contents Information to Bidders

Overview Project Purpose and Expectations Scope Mandatory Bid Alternate Selection Process and Owner’s Rights Award of Contract Bid Due Date and Proposal Submission Requirements:

Qualification of Bidder Sole Bidder Addenda Bid Bond Sales Tax Method of Ordering Payment Familial Relationship Disclosure Iran Economic Sanctions Act Withdrawal or Revision of Bid Proposals Acceptance and Rejection of Bid Proposals Post-Bid Information Agreements Addenda

Bid Proposal Form: McGregor Elementary School Folding Partition Replacement

Name of Bidder

Agreements

Addenda

Legal Status of Bidder

Base Bid

Alternate Pricing:

Voluntary Alternates

FAMILIAL DISCLOSURE AFFIDAVIT OF BIDDER

Certification of Compliance – IRAN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ACT

ATTACHMENT ‘A’

Information to Bidders Overview

Rochester Community Schools, known herein as “Owner” or “District”, is requesting bids for the replacement of and existing folding partition that divides the Gym and Cafeteria at McGregor Elementary School. The existing partition is approximately 83’ wide x 22’ tall.

McGregor Elementary School is located at 1101 First Street, Rochester, MI 48307.

Project Purpose and Expectations The existing folding partition is a power operated folding partition that is no longer working and is unable to open. The existing folding partition is to be completely removed and a new folding partition needs to be reinstalled in its place.

Timeline The expected timeline is as follows:

Notice of Advertisement in Local Newspaper: August 7, 2025 Release of RFP: August 7, 2025 Mandatory Site Walk-through: August 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Local Time Bid Due Date: August 26, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Local Time Bid Opening and Public Reading: August 26, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Local Time located at 52585 Dequindre, Rochester, MI 48307

Anticipated Board of Education Bid Award: September 15, 2025 Project Completion Date: ASAP

Scope The scope of this project consists of the removal and replacement of the existing Gym & Cafeteria folding partition at McGregor Elementary School as follows:

NOTE: All bidders must attend the mandatory walk-through in order visit the site and to confirm existing site conditions in order to submit a complete bid. No bids will be accepted from vendors that do not attend the mandatory walk-through. There will be no additional costs approved for not including any scope that could have been discovered during the walk-through. Only costs associated to unforeseen conditions will be considered in excess of the submitted bid.

1. Remove existing folding partition complete and dispose of off-site. Removal is to include disconnection and removal of the electrical feed back to the source (i.e. electrical panel).

2. Provide and install a new manually operated folding partition to fit where the existing unit was removed. Refer to the equipment specifications (Attachment ‘A’) provided noting the requirements of the folding partition system. Include a cut sheet of proposed partition system if it deviates from the specifications provided.

3. Provide all ancillary equipment and hardware for a complete installation.

4. Patch all areas, surfaces or equipment that are affected by the removal of the existing partition and the installation of the new partition as needed.

5. The installation is to be completed when the school is not in session.

6. Confirm all field measurements before submitting your bid and include all necessary costs in your bid to provide a complete installation.

7. Confirm all field conditions prior to submitting bid and include all necessary costs in your bid to provide a complete installation. No additional costs will be approved for not identifying existing field conditions.

In your Bid Response, clearly identify and note any deviations, if any, from the provided Equipment Specifications. Otherwise, your bid response is assumed to meet all the requirements and meet all the specifications as provided, including making any accommodations noted in the site walk-through.

Mandatory Bid Alternate Provide an additional cost to provide and install a lockable 36” wide x 84” high door in one of the folding panels. The door hardware to be provided is to allow the door to be locked from both sides of the partition for security purposes.

Selection Process and Owner’s Rights The Owner reserves the following:

1. To reject any or all proposals without compensation to the bidders and to waive any or all variances, irregularities, or informalities in the bid package.

2. In the event that all acceptable proposals exceed the owner’s budget, the Owner reserves the right to negotiate a contract with the lowest and best acceptable bidder or any other one of the acceptable bidders.

Award of Contract Please note the project will not necessarily be awarded to the lowest bidder or lowest price.

Rochester Community Schools reserves to award the project to the most qualified bidder based on the criteria noted. A contract will be drafted and provided for both parties to agree upon.

Bid Due Date and Proposal Submission Requirements:

1. All proposals, required forms, and pricing shall be submitted electronically on BidNet Direct

(https://www.bidnetdirect.com) no later than 2:00 p.m., local time, Tuesday, August 26, 2025 (the “Due Date”.) No oral, telephonic, or facsimile proposals will be considered.

2. RCS will not consider or accept any late Bids received after the Due Date specified within the RFP. It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to ensure their proposal is entered completely and forms are uploaded on BidNet Direct before the closing date and hour indicated within the RFP. Bidders shall plan ample time to respond to all requirements and input all requirements. RCS is not responsible for any delivery delays.

Qualification of Bidder

1. The Owner reserves the right to request qualification information from any bidder before issuing documents, receiving bids or awarding a contract. The Owner may, at its sole discretion, accept or reject bidders as qualified. The right to waive any informalities in qualification materials is reserved by the Owner. The Bidder, in submitting his/her bid, agrees to accept the decision of the Owner as final.

2. The submitters shall provide full disclosure of all existing client relationships that currently or prospectively may give rise to conflicts of interest and disqualification as governed by the codes of rules of professional responsibility and conduct.

Sole Bidder

1. It is the Owner’s intent that this Request for qualification permits competition. It shall be the proposal respondent’s responsibility to advise the Owner, in writing, if any language, requirements, scope specifications, etc., or any combinations thereof, inadvertently restricts or limits the requirements stated in this Proposal, to a single source. Owner shall receive such notification no later than five (5) days prior to the date set for acceptance of proposals.

2. If only one proposal is received in response to this request for qualification process (RFQ), an evaluation and/or audit shall be performed of the submitted response in order to determine if the respondent’s proposal submission is fair and reasonable.

3. The Owner reserves the right to cancel the proposal submission process, or reschedule the proposal opening, if there is only one proposal received. The decision by the Owner will be final.

Addenda

1. Each bidder shall ascertain prior to submitting their bid that they have received all addenda issued.

2. Addenda notices will be sent to all who are known by the Owner to have a set of contract documents. Copies of addenda will be made available for inspection wherever contract documents are on file for that purpose.

Bid Bond Not required.

Sales Tax

1. Owner is exempt from all taxes. A tax exemption certificate will be issued upon request.

Method of Ordering

1. Issuance of a written purchase order by the Purchasing Department is the method of ordering product or services. All vendor invoices and packing/delivery tickets must include the purchase order number.

Payment

1. Payment to be made from Vendor’s invoice, and a copy of the signed delivery invoices, submitted to cover items received and accepted during the billing period. Invoices must contain the bid number under which the contract is awarded.

2. Pricing shall be F.O.B. delivered to RCS at 52585 Dequindre Road, Rochester MI 48307, unloaded, and installed.

Familial Relationship Disclosure

1. All bidders shall provide familial disclosure in compliance with MCL 380.1267 and attach this information to the bid proposal. The bid proposal shall be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationship that exists between the bidder or any employee of the bidder, and any member of the Board of Education of the school district, or the Superintendent of the school district. The District will not consider a bid proposal that does not include this sworn and notarized statement.

Iran Economic Sanctions Act

1. Each bid must be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement certifying that the

Contractor is not an “Iran linked business” within the meaning of the Iran Economic Sanctions Act.

Withdrawal or Revision of Bid Proposals

1. A bid may not be modified, withdrawn or cancelled by the bidder for ninety (90) calendar days following the time and date designated for the opening of bids, and bidder so agrees in submitting his/her bid.

Acceptance and Rejection of Bid Proposals

1. Low bid price is not always the determining factor in the awarding of the bid. Other factors considered may include, but not be limited to, the following: delivery and/or completion time, judged quality of product, past performance, inventory availability, financial stability, and references.

2. The Owner shall have the right to waive any informality or irregularity in any bid received and to accept bids which, in their judgment, are in their own best interest.

3. The Owner shall have the right to accept or reject alternates in any order or combination and to determine the apparent low bidder on this basis.

Post-Bid Information

1. After the proposals are received, tabulated, and evaluated by the Owner, the apparent lowest qualified respondent shall meet with the Owner at a post-bid meeting if requested by Owner.

2. The Owner reserves the right to request additional information from the firms submitting proposals for evaluation criteria, as needed.

Agreements The undersigned understands that the Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive informalities and irregularities in bidding.

Owner also reserves the right to withhold proposals for a period of time (90 days) from bid closing date.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals in whole or in part, or to waive any informalities therein. If in the Owner opinion it is in their best interest, the contract may be awarded to the firm other than the lowest proposal, for reason of establishing uniformity, delivery time, etc.

If award is made to us under this proposal, we agree to enter into an Agreement with Rochester Community Schools to furnish products and/or services, in strict accordance with this proposal, bid documents and all pertinent portions of plans, drawings and specifications.

Addenda Acknowledge in your proposal response all Addendums issued.

Bid Proposal Form: McGregor Elementary School Folding Partition Replacement Name of Bidder Firm Name:

Address:

Telephone: Fax:

Agreements The undersigned understands that the Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities and irregularities in bidding.

Owner also reserves the right to withhold bids for a period of time (90 days) from bid closing date.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids in whole or in part, or to waive any informalities therein. If in the Owner opinion it is in their best interest, the contract may be awarded to other than the lowest bidder, for reason of establishing uniformity, delivery time, etc.

If award is made to us under this proposal, we agree to enter into an Agreement with Rochester Community Schools to furnish products and/or services, in strict accordance with this proposal, bid documents and all pertinent portions of plans, drawings and specifications.

Addenda The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following addenda:

Addendum Number: Dated:

Addendum Number: Dated:

Addendum Number: Dated:

My signature certifies that the proposal as submitted complies with all Terms and Conditions as set forth in this RFP.

My signature also certifies that the accompanying proposal is not the result of, or affected by, any unlawful act of collusion with another person or company engaged in the same line of business or commerce, or any act of fraud. Furthermore, I understand that fraud and unlawful collusion are crimes under Federal Law, and can result in fines, prison sentences, and civil damage awards.

My signature also certifies that this firm has no business or personal relationships with any other companies or persons that could be considered as a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest to Rochester Community Schools, and that there are no principals, officers, agents, employees, or representatives of this firm that have any business or personal relationships with any other companies or persons that could be considered as a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest to Rochester Community Schools, pertaining to any and all work or services to be performed as a result of this request and any resulting contract with Rochester Community Schools.

I hereby certify that I am authorized to sign as a Representative for the Firm:

Legal Status of Bidder

1. A Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of .

2. Name, title, and signature of individual duly authorized to execute contracts:

Name:

Title:

Signature:

CONTACT PERSON: ________________________________ PHONE NO:

Base Bid

BASE BID: Bid to furnish all labor, material, equipment and services necessary to provide Adams Ticket Booth with the Base Bid Category descriptions, including all addenda, for the amount as follows:

TOTAL (BASE BID)

_____________________________________________________________________Dollars

*PRICES ARE NOT TO INCLUDE ANY STATE OR LOCAL TAXES.

*PRICING GOOD THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025. PLEASE NOTE ANY EXCEPTION:

Alternate Pricing:

Mandatory Bid Alternate: Provide and install a 36” wide x 84” high door with locking hardware in one of the partition wall panels.

Door & locking hardware installation: $__________________________________________

Voluntary Alternates Whenever any material or equipment is specified by patent or proprietary name or by the name of the manufacturer, such specification shall be considered as if followed by the words “or acceptable equal”. The Bidder may offer material or equipment with equal or better qualities and performance in substitution for those specified which it considers would be in the Owner’s interest to accept. The Bidder shall include sufficient specification data that will, together with any other data the Owner may require, enable the Owner to assess the acceptability of the proposed alternate material or equipment.

Voluntary Alternates:

_____________________________________________________________________Dollars

Description of Voluntary Alternate:

FAMILIAL DISCLOSURE AFFIDAVIT OF BIDDER

The undersigned, owner or authorized officer of __________________________________ (the bidder/contractor), pursuant to the familial disclosure requirement provided in the Request for Proposals, hereby represent and warrant, except as provided below, that no familial relationships exist between the bidder/contractor or any employee of the bidder/contractor, and any member of Rochester Community Schools Board of Education, the Superintendent and/or any Rochester Community Schools Administrator.

The following are the bidder’s familial relationship(s) with Rochester Community Schools:

Bidder/Contractor Employee Name Related to:

1 _____________________________ ____________________ _____________________

2 _____________________________ ____________________ _____________________

(Attach additional pages if necessary to disclose all familial relationships.)

There is no familial relationship that exists between the bidder/contractor and/or any employee of the bidder and any member of the Rochester Community Schools Board of Education, Superintendent, or Administration.

Bidder: (Company Name)

By:

(Signature)

(Title)

This instrument was acknowledged before me, a Notary Public, in and for __________________ County, _________________ on this ______ day of ________________________, 20_____.

______________________________________________ SS:

(Notary Public Signature)

My Commission expires: __________________________

Acting in the County of: __________________________

Certification of Compliance – IRAN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ACT

(MICHIGAN PUBLIC ACT NO. 517 OF 2012)

The undersigned, the owner or authorized officer of the Below named Firm, pursuant to the compliance certification requirement provided in the Rochester Community Schools’ (the “School District”) Request for proposal, hereby certifies, represents and warrants that the Bidder (Including its officers, directors and employees) in not an “Iran linked business” within the meaning of the Iran Economic Sanctions Act, Michigan Public Act No. 517 of 2012 (the “Act”), and that in the event Firm is awarded a contract as a result of the aforementioned RFQ, the proposing firm will not become an “Iran linked business” at any time during the course of performing the Work or any service under the contract.

The responding firm further acknowledges that any person who is found to have submitted a false certification is responsible for a civil penalty of not more the $250,000.00 or 2 times the amount of the contract or proposed contract for which the false certification was made, whichever is greater, the cost of the School District’s investigation, and reasonable attorney fees, in addition to the fine. Moreover, any person who submitted a false certification shall be ineligible to submit bid or submit a proposal response to a request for bid (RFB) or request for proposal /qualification (RFP or RFQ) for three (3) years from the date that it is determined that the person has submitted the false certification.

Name of Company

Name and Title of Authorized Representative

Signature

ATTACHMENT ‘A’

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

PROJECT 26.02 MCGREGOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARTITION REPLACEMENT

ROCHESTER, MI

FOLDING PANEL PARTITIONS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Manually operated, acoustical panel partitions.

B. Related Requirements:

1. Section 055000 "Metal Fabrications" for supports that attach supporting tracks to overhead structural system.

2. Section 092900 "Gypsum Board" for fire-rated assemblies and sound barrier construction above the ceiling at track.

1.2

DEFINITIONS

A. STC: Sound Transmission Class.

1.3

PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS

A. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.

1.4

ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product.

B. Shop Drawings: For operable panel partitions.

1. Include plans, elevations, sections, attachment details.

2. Indicate stacking and operating clearances. Indicate location and installation requirements for hardware and track, blocking, and direction of travel.

3. Include diagrams for power, signal, and control wiring.

C. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type of exposed material, finish, covering, or facing.

1. Include Samples of accessories involving color selection.

D. Samples for Verification: For each type of exposed material, finish, covering, or facing, prepared on Samples of size indicated below:

1. Textile Facing Material: Full width by not less than 36-inch- long section of fabric from dye lot to be used for the Work, with specified treatments applied. Show complete pattern repeat.

2. Panel Facing Material: Manufacturer's standard-size unit, not less than 3 inches square.

3. Panel Edge Material: Not less than 3 inches long.

4. Chair Rail: Manufacturer's standard-size unit, 6 inches long.

5. Hardware: One of each exposed door-operating device.

1.5 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Setting Drawings: For embedded items and cutouts required in other work, including support-beam, mounting-hole template.

1.6 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Operation and Maintenance Data: For operable panel partitions to include in maintenance manuals.

1. In addition to items specified in Section 017823 "Operation and Maintenance Data," include the following:

a. Panel finish facings and finishes for exposed trim and accessories. Include precautions for cleaning materials and methods that could be detrimental to finishes and performance.

b. Seals, hardware, track, track switches, carriers, and other operating components.

1.7 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS

A. Furnish extra materials, from the same production run, that match products installed and that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.

1. Panel Finish-Facing Material: Furnish full width in quantity to cover both sides of two panels when installed.

1.8 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Installer Qualifications: An entity that employs installers and supervisors who are trained and approved by manufacturer.

1.9 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

A. Protectively package and sequence panels in order for installation. Clearly mark packages and panels with numbering system used on Shop Drawings. Do not use permanent markings on panels.

1.10 WARRANTY

A. Special Warranty: Manufacturer agrees to repair or replace components of operable panel partitions that fail in materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.

1. Failures include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. Faulty operation of operable panel partitions.

b. Deterioration of metals, metal finishes, and other materials beyond normal use.

2. Warranty Period:

a. Finishes: Two years from date of Substantial Completion.

b. Hinges: Lifetime.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Acoustical Performance: Provide operable panel partitions tested by a qualified testing agency for the following acoustical properties according to test methods indicated:

1. Sound-Transmission Requirements: Operable panel partition assembly tested for laboratory sound-transmission loss performance according to ASTM E 90, determined by ASTM E 413, and rated for not less than the STC indicated.

B. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: Provide panels with finishes complying with one of the following as determined by testing identical products by a testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction:

1. Surface-Burning Characteristics: Comply with ASTM E 84; testing by a qualified testing agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency.

a. Flame-Spread Index: 25 or less.

b. Smoke-Developed Index: 450 or less.

2. Fire Growth Contribution: Complying with acceptance criteria of local code and authorities having jurisdiction when tested according to NFPA 265 Method B Protocol or

NFPA 286.

2.2 OPERABLE ACOUSTICAL PANELS

A. Operable Acoustical Panels: Partition system, including panels, seals, finish facing, suspension system, operators, and accessories.

1. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following or an approved substitute using procedure established for evaluating substitutions.

a. Modernfold, Inc.; Acousti-Seal 932

2. Other Manufacturers: The following may produce comparable products. Demonstrate comparability using procedure established for evaluating substitutions:

a. Hufcor, Inc.

b. KWIK-WALL Company.

c. Moderco Inc.

B. Panel Operation: Manually operated, paired panels.

C. Panel Construction: As required to support panel from suspension components and with reinforcement for hardware attachment. Fabricate panels with tight hairline joints and concealed fasteners. Fabricate panels so finished in-place partition is rigid; level; plumb; aligned, with tight joints and uniform appearance; and free of bow, warp, twist, deformation, and surface and finish irregularities.

D. Dimensions: Fabricate operable acoustical panel partitions to form an assembled system of dimensions indicated and verified by field measurements.

1. Panel Width: As indicated.

E. STC: Not less than 47.

F. Panel Weight: 7 lb/sq. ft. maximum.

G. Panel Thickness: Nominal dimension of 3 inches.

H. Panel Materials:

1. Steel Frame: Steel sheet, manufacturer's standard nominal minimum thickness for uncoated steel.

2. Medium-Density Fiberboard: ANSI A208.2.

I. Panel Closure: Manufacturer's standard unless otherwise indicated.

J. Hardware: Manufacturer's standard as required to operate operable panel partition and accessories; with decorative, protective finish.

1. Hinges: Full leaf butt hinges, attached directly to panel frame with welded hinge anchor plates within panel to further support hinge mounting to frame.

K. Finish Facing: Vinyl-coated fabric wall covering with porcelain enamel white board on the bottom 7 feet of wall.

2.3 SEALS

A. Description: Seals that produce operable panel partitions complying with performance requirements and the following:

1. Manufacturer's standard seals unless otherwise indicated.

2. Seals made from materials and in profiles that minimize sound leakage.

3. Seals fitting tight at contact surfaces and sealing continuously between adjacent panels and between operable panel partition perimeter and adjacent surfaces, when operable panel partition is extended and closed.

B. Vertical Seals: Deep-nesting, interlocking astragals mounted on each edge of panel, with continuous, resilient acoustical seal.

C. Horizontal Top Seals: Continuous-contact, resilient seal exerting uniform constant pressure on track.

D. Horizontal Bottom Seals: Resilient, mechanical, retractable, constant-force-contact seal exerting uniform constant pressure on floor when extended, ensuring horizontal and vertical sealing and resisting panel movement.

1. Mechanically Operated for Acoustical Panels: Extension and retraction of bottom seal by operating handle or built-in operating mechanism, with operating range not less than 2 inches between retracted seal and floor finish.

2.4 PANEL FINISH FACINGS

A. Description: Finish facings for panels that comply with indicated fire-test-response characteristics and that are factory applied to operable panel partitions with appropriate backing, using mildew-resistant nonstaining adhesive as recommended by facing manufacturer's written instructions.

1. Apply facings free of air bubbles, wrinkles, blisters, and other defects, with no gaps or overlaps, and no seams except at material type transitions. Tightly secure and conceal raw and selvage edges of facing for finished appearance.

2. Where facings with directional, repeating, or matching grain are indicated, mark facing top and attach facing in same direction.

3. Match facing pattern 84 inches above finished floor.

B. Vinyl-Coated Fabric Wall Covering: Manufacturer's standard, mildew-resistant, washable, vinyl-coated fabric wall covering; complying with WA-101, Type II-Medium Duty; Class A.

1. Color/Pattern: As indicated on Drawings or as selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range.

C. Paint: Manufacturer's standard factory-painted finish.

1. Color: As indicated on Drawings or as selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range.

D. Trimless Edges: Fabricate exposed panel edges so finish facing wraps uninterrupted around panel, covering edge and resulting in an installed partition with facing visible on vertical panel edges, without trim, for minimal sightlines at panel-to-panel joints.

2.5 SUSPENSION SYSTEMS

A. Tracks: Steel with adjustable steel hanger rods for overhead support, designed for operation, size, and weight of operable panel partition indicated. Size track to support partition operation and storage without damage to suspension system, operable panel partitions, or adjacent construction. Limit track deflection to no more than 0.10 inch between bracket supports. Provide a continuous system of track sections and accessories to accommodate configuration and layout indicated for partition operation and storage.

1. Panel Guide: Aluminum guide on both sides of the track to facilitate straightening of the panels; finished with factory-applied, decorative, protective finish.

B. Carriers: Trolley system as required for configuration type, size, and weight of partition and for easy operation; with ball-bearing wheels.

C. Steel Finish: Manufacturer's standard, factory-applied, corrosion-resistant, protective coating unless otherwise indicated.

2.6 ACCESSORIES

A. Work Surfaces: Quantities, placement, and size indicated.

1. Surface: Porcelain steel marker/projection surface.

2. Surface Color: White unless otherwise indicated on Drawings.

3. Size: Full width of panel by 7 feet tall.

4. Trim: Aluminum slip-on or snap-on trim with no visible screws or exposed joints and with corners mitered to a neat, hairline joint.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

A. Examine flooring, floor levelness, structural support, and opening, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of operable panel partitions.

B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

3.2 INSTALLATION

A. Install operable panel partitions and accessories after other finishing operations, including painting, have been completed in area of partition installation.

B. Install panels in numbered sequence indicated on Shop Drawings.

C. Broken, cracked, chipped, deformed, or unmatched panels are not acceptable.

D. Broken, cracked, deformed, or unmatched gasketing or gasketing with gaps at butted ends is not acceptable.

3.3 ADJUSTING

A. Adjust operable panel partitions, hardware, and other moving parts to function smoothly, and lubricate as recommended by manufacturer.

B. Verify that safety devices are properly functioning.

3.4 DEMONSTRATION

A. Engage a factory-authorized service representative to train Owner's maintenance personnel to adjust, operate, and maintain operable panel partitions.

END OF SPECIFICATION