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Request for Information/Proposal (Market Research) FPI-RFI-Transportation Services # RFI0011-26 Issue Date: April 22, 2026 Submittal Due Date: May 1st, 2026 @10:00 am EST Issuing Company: UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Office Furniture Group 400 First Street, NW Washington, DC 20534 POC: Brent Ponder, Contracting Officer Brent.Ponder@usdoj.gov SUBJECT: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR OFFICE FURNITURE GROUP FOR SALES AND MARKETING. All information in this request is considered confidential and shall not be used by the Respondent for any reason other than responding to this request. This is a Request for Information (RFI) and your response is NOT an offer. The results of this Request for Information (RFI) will be used to develop an Acquisitions Strategy, AND WILL NOT RESULT IN A CONTRACT OF ANY TYPE. This request does not obligate UNICOR OFG to pay any cost that any Respondent incurs in the preparation of its response. All cost associated with the preparation of a response to this request will be borne solely by the Respondent. All submitted responses shall become the property of UNICOR OFG and will not be returned. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries (FPI) is soliciting proposals for sale and marketing of systems furniture, case goods, seating, metals and accessory items. DESCRIPTION/STATEMENT OF WORK UNICOR Office Furniture Group (OFG) has a contract requirement for sales and marketing of systems furniture, case goods, seating, metals and accessory items. Successful offeror(s) will be responsible for sales and marketing of the Office Furniture Group's product and services offerings during the term of the contract. This shall include but not be limited to the existing products and services and any products or services added at a later date. Successful offeror(s) will be required to work with UNICOR's spaceplan and design vendor on a daily basis for the duration of this award. The sales force shall have the responsibility to cover the United States including Alaska, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. At a minimum, the sales force must be staffed with 2 regional managers and at least 8 sales representatives. These staff shall be physically located in a manner that they can provide timely responses to customers throughout the United States. Generally, a customer should be responded to within 24 hours. UNICOR will not establish sales force staffing levels in recognition of this being performance based. UNICOR will bear none of the operational costs associated with the sales force. This includes, but is not limited to, salaries, benefits, office costs, office expenses, and travel costs. This shall be considered a cost of doing business and will be the sole responsibility of the successful offero…

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