Barrack Furniture/Products - Military

The Tennessee Department of Military, through the Central Procurement Office, is procuring furniture and products for military barracks at three facilities: VTS-Smyrna, VTS-Tullahoma, and VTS-Milan. This is a term contract with an initial thirty-six-month period and two optional one-year renewal periods, not to exceed sixty months total. The procurement includes a comprehensive range of items such as bedroom furniture (beds, mattresses, headboards, nightstands, armoires), laundry appliances (washers and dryers), storage units (under-bed chests and mini refrigerators), and seating across all three locations, with estimated total quantities of 192 single metal beds and mattresses for Smyrna, 56 beds and mattresses for Tullahoma, and 140 beds with connector sets for Milan. The successful contractor must provide ninety-day delivery from order placement, professional installation, complete removal of shipping packaging, and maintenance of a twelve-month manufacturer's warranty covering materials, labor, and all replacement or repair costs for structural failures, faulty hardware, and material deterioration. All products must meet state specifications, be sourced from manufacturers with a minimum of two years of commercial use history under similar circumstances, and may include specialty and custom furniture options through a manufacturer or reseller catalog. Bidders must submit responses through the EDISON procurement system by March 30, 2026, at 2:00 PM CDT, with questions due by March 16, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central, and are required to conduct mandatory on-site inspections at all three facilities to take exact measurements and examine premises prior to submission, with no allowances for measurement errors due to failure to visit sites.

The solicitation is open to public participation with no identified set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises listed in the provided documents. Successful contractors must register with the Tennessee Edison Supplier Portal and the Tennessee Department of Revenue for sales and use tax purposes, maintain workers' compensation insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000, carry commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, and provide automobile liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence. Bidders must comply with federal requirements including the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, Buy America provisions, Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act standards, and prohibitions on covered telecommunications equipment, as well as attest to debarment status, absence of prior fraud convictions or criminal charges, and contract termination history. Pricing shall be submitted on an F.O.B. destination basis including all delivery costs and excluding state and local taxes, with the State of Tennessee exempt from excise taxes. The estimated liability does not exceed $400,000 for the contract, though the procurement does not guarantee minimum purchase quantities and is subject to appropriation and availability of state or federal funds. The contract is effective April 1, 2026, with award anticipated to the lowest-cost responsive and responsible bidder meeting all ITB requirements.