Statewide Ergonomic and General Office Seating

The State of Michigan is procuring Statewide Ergonomic and General Office Seating through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process. The procurement is being managed by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, & Budget's Procurement office and covers the jurisdictions of Ingham County and the City of Lansing. The RFP is for a variety of highly ergonomic task chairs, full or part mesh ergonomic task chairs, executive chairs, side/guest chairs, polypropylene breakroom/lunchroom chairs, conference room chairs, ergonomic stools, and highly ergonomic XL (big and tall) task chairs. The RFP includes historical usage data from 2017-2023 and requires bidders to provide product details such as fabric selections, recycled content, compliance with CAL TB116 and CAL TB117 specifications, and pricing information including list prices, discount percentages, and standard delivery and quick ship prices. The proposal deadline was October 30, 2023, and the contract term is to be determined.

The evaluation process included a technical evaluation, sample chair evaluation, and pricing evaluation. The Evaluation Team recommended award to Haworth, Inc. in the amount of $15,120,000 for a five-year contract term with up to two renewal options, as they received the highest combined technical and sample evaluation score of 113.40 out of 120 points and provided the best overall value pricing proposal after negotiations. The other bidders, MarxModa, Inc. and Steelcase, Inc., had final negotiated total prices of $14,634,783.26 and $14,050,102.40, respectively.