Picnic Table Frame

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, Penn Nursery and Wood Shop is seeking a contractor to furnish picnic table frames for various state facilities. The procurement requires 250 heavy-duty 8-foot frames, 65 heavy-duty 6-foot frames, 100 ADA-accessible 8-foot frames, 60 universal access 8-foot frames, and 5 universal access 6-foot frames. All frames must be constructed from 2-inch Schedule 40 hot-dipped galvanized pipe, with specific requirements for center brackets, cross braces, and end support brackets. The contract opportunity, identified by the State Local Contract Opportunity ID 66cc9a1f968d0a8c8a0782c1, was posted on March 29, 2018, with bid responses due by April 12, 2018. Bidders must submit their proposals electronically through the PA Supplier Portal, and the contract term will run from the date of execution through June 30, 2018. The unit price must include all labor, materials, equipment, tools, insurance, and necessary items for complete project execution.

The procurement appears to have a strong emphasis on the Reciprocal Limitations Act, which provides preference to bidders offering supplies produced or manufactured in Pennsylvania. While no specific small business set-asides are explicitly detailed for this contract, the accompanying Small Business Procurement Initiative document suggests potential opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses. Bidders are required to complete the Reciprocal Limitations Act Form, identifying the state or foreign country of manufacture for each bid item, and failure to do so may result in bid rejection. The document does not specify an exact award value or budget range for the picnic table frame procurement. Invoices can be submitted via email or mail to the provided addresses, with payment to be made upon satisfactory completion of the contract. Interested vendors can obtain bid results by accessing the emarketplace.state.pa.us website.