SLED Opportunity · PENNSYLVANIA · PENNSYLVANIA
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West Chester University seeks proposals to supply student housing furniture. Proposals must be submitted electronically by April 14, 2026, with detailed instructions and a clear calendar of events provided.
Purpose This Request for Proposals (RFP) provides interested offerors with sufficient information to prepare and submit proposals for consideration by West Chester University of Pennsylvania (hereinafter “WCU” or “University”) to provide Student Housing Furniture on behalf of the university.I.2 Issuing Office This RFP is being issued by the Issuing Office listed below. The Issuing Office is the sole point of contact for this RFP. Please refer all inquiries to: Kate McCoy Bill Smith Purchasing Agent Assistant Purchasing Manager West Chester University of PA West Chester University of PA 610-436-1013 610-436-2604 kmccoy2@wcupa.edu wsmith2@wcupa.eduFrom the Publication Date of this RFP until a determination is made regarding the selection of a proposal, all contacts concerning this RFP must be made through the Issuing Office. Only information supplied by the Issuing Office, including responses to questions regarding the RFP, should be used in preparing proposals. All other contacts or information received regarding the subject prior to the release of this RFP should be disregarded in preparing responses. Any violation of this condition is cause for the State System to reject an offeror’s proposal. If it is later discovered that any violations have occurred, the State System may reject the proposal and terminate the awarded contract.I.3 Calendar of Events Publication Date 03/17/2026 Deadline for Questions 03/31/2026; 2:00 PM EPT Amendment Issued (Questions/Answers) 04/06/2026 Submission Date/Time 04/14/2026; 2:00 PM EPT Award TBD Services Start Upon execution of contractI.4 Description of the Organization A. The State System of Higher Education (State System) was established by statute on July 1, 1983. B. WCU students are taught in-class on Main Campus, at the Graduate Center (as a separate West Chester-based location), at the Philadelphia Campus, and virtually as needed.RFP #WCU0202261013 Student Housing FurnitureC. In accordance with Title 62, Commonwealth Procurement Code, the State System facilitates a competitive bidding and contracting process and is responsible for identifying strategic contracting opportunities and establishing best value contracts in partnership with its suppliers.I.5 Instructions for Proposal Preparation A. Economy of Preparation Proposals should be prepared simply and economically, providing a straightforward, concise description of the offeror’s ability to meet the requirements of this RFP. B. Proposals Proposals must consist of a complete response to this RFP. 1. Proposals must be submitted electronically via PennBid at https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com. 2. Proposals must consist of a complete response to the requirements outlined herein and shall be submitted no later than the required proposal Submission Date/Time listed above. Late proposal submissions may not be accepted. 3. Proposal contents may become contractual obligations if and when a contract is executed. 4. The proposal, as submitted, must remain valid during the entire solicitation, award, and contract finalization process. 5. All cost data must be submitted as a separate document using the Cost Submittal Response (Appendix B) apart from the Technical Submittal Response (Appendix A). Absolutely no pricing can appear anywhere in the Technical Proposal. Failure to meet this requirement may result in automatic disqualification of the proposal.C. Questions If it becomes necessary to revise any part of the RFP, addenda will be posted at PennBid. Information contained at this website is current and accurate. It is the offeror’s responsibility to check this website periodically to obtain any changes to the solicitation. Offerors must acknowledge all addenda in their proposal response. Offerors who fail to submit a current copy of the solicitation may be deemed nonresponsive.D. Addenda If it becomes necessary to revise any part of the RFP, addenda will be posted at PennBid. Information contained at this website is current and accurate. It is the offeror’s responsibility to check this website periodically to obtain any changes to the solicitation. Offerors must acknowledge all addenda in their proposal response. Offerors who fail to submit a current copy of the solicitation may be deemed nonresponsive.E. Best and Final Offers. 1. While not required, the Issuing Office reserves the right to conduct discussions with offerors for the purpose of obtaining Best and Final Offers (BAFOs). Negotiations may be pursued with a subset of responsible offerors whose proposals best meet financial, contractual, technical, and support requirements for the State System. Negotiations will be opened with offerors of lower preference (one at a time, in order of preference) only if a fair and reasonable set of fees/billable rates and/or agreement of final contract terms and conditions cannot be established with the offeror of higher ranking. 2. To obtain BAFOs from offerors, the Issuing Office may do one or more of the following, in any order: (a) schedule oral presentations, (b) request revised proposals, or (c) enter into preselection negotiations. 3. The following offerors will not be invited by the Issuing Office to submit a BAFO: (a) those offerors whom the Issuing Office has determined to be nonresponsive; (b) those offerors whose technical proposal score is less than 75 percent of the total amount of technical points allocated to the technical criterion.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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