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71 -- SOLE SOURCE AWARD OF SYSTEMS FURNITURE CONTRACT SOL 1PI-R-0763-97 DUE 061097 POC Greg Wallis (202) 305-7320 E-MAIL: Interested parties may respond by E-mail to the following address:, gwallis@central.unicor.gov. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), which operates under the trade name UNICOR, intends to award a follow-on contract under sole source authority for panel systems to Krueger International, P.O. Box 8400, Green Bay, WI 54308-8400. FPI's current contract for panel based systems expires on September 30, 1997. Other potential vendors may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. See Numbered Note 22. FPI is a wholly-owned Government Corporation within the Department of Justice, under the Federal Prison System. The Corporation was created by Congress in 1934, and provides employment, education, and training opportunities to inmates under Federal custody. FPI's mission is to employ and provide skills training to the greatest practicable number of inmates in Federal correctional facilities necessary to ensure the safe and secure operation of such institutions, and in doing so, produce market priced, quality goods in a self-sustaining manner that minimizes potential impact on private business and labor. During the past nine years, FPI has formed a partnership with Krueger International's OEI Division to provide systems furniture to the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies. Extending the existing systems furniture contract will provide a stable manufacturing base, maintain inmate employment levels, and minimize the disruption of operations. This contract will be for up to five years while FPI diversifies its product line with a pending desk based system. (0122)

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