CITY of CHARLOTTE / OMNIA PARTNERS Furniture, Installation and Related Products and Services RFP#: 269-2019-105
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CITY OF CHARLOTTE / OMNIA PARTNERS Furniture, Installation and Related Products and Services RFP#: 269-2019-105 August 6, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 COVER LETTER 05 PRODUCT PROPOSAL Teknion Cover Letter Product Introductions 02 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sample Project Renderings Sample Project Isometric + Plan View Drawings Teknion’s Value Proposition Meet your Project Team 06 CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS Meeting your Objectives Teknion Exceptions/Certifications 03 REQUIRED FORMS Teknion Terms and Conditions of Pricing/Install Required Form 2: Acknowledgement of Addenda Required Form 3: Proposal Submission Form Required Form 4: Pricing Worksheet Required Form 5: M/W/SBE Participation Form Required Form 6: Company Background Response Required Form 7: References Required Form 8: Certification Regarding Debarment Required Form 9: Byrd Anti‐Lobbying Certification Required Form 10: Environmental Purchasing Responses 04 OMNIA EXHIBITS Exhibit A: Response for National Cooperative Contract Exhibit F: Federal Funds Certification Exhibit G: Ownership Disclosure Form Exhibit G: Non‐Collusion Form Exhibit G: Affirmative Action Affidavit Exhibit G: Political Contribution Disclosure Form Exhibit G: Stockholder Disclosure Form Exhibit G: Certification of Non‐Involvement (Iran) Exhibit G: New Jersey Business Registration TEKNION Dear Ms. Carothers: 01 On behalf of the Teknion team, we welcome the opportunity to collaborate with Letter of your team to develop the best solution for the City of Charlotte and OMNIA Partners. As the City of Charlotte plans a change for their workspace, we assure Transmittal you, our proposed solutions address the priorities outlined within the RFP request. In conjunction with our dealer partners, Teknion will provide a comprehensive furniture program for the City of Charlotte as well as Participating Public Agencies. In choosing to work with Teknion, you will find that our experience serving customers like you allows you to benefit from unique and diverse solutions that are proven to work today. Our ability and commitment to create better workspaces, as well as our core skills and abilities, are detailed inside this proposal. We trust that the information provided will provide City of Charlotte and OMNIA Partners with the confidence needed To develop a long-term partnership with teknion. Please see our relevant contact information, below. Teknion LLC Authorized Signatory 350 Fellowship Road, Suite 100 Jeffrey M. Kraus Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054 Vice President Business Information 877.TEKNION Telephone 856.552.5503 Telephone 856. 552.5830 Facsimile 856.552.5830 Facsimile www.teknion.com [email protected] Email As Executive Sponsor, I will bring forward the right resources to help you create an enhanced work environment. I will also ensure that your project is executed seamlessly. It is my responsibility that we live up to every commitment we make and keep every promise we state. We are ready to work with City of Charlotte and OMNIA Partners to develop a furniture solution that benefits both your employees and your facilities teams, while reducing your purchasing risks for the long-term. Yours sincerely, Jeffrey M. Kraus Vice President Business Operations 02 PROPOSED SOLUTION At Teknion, we pride ourselves on being accessible, authentic, human beings—members of a big company that act like a small company. We are family owned and operated and that entrepreneurial spirit empowers our teams to make big decisions quickly, so you never feel small. We try not to take ourselves too seriously, but we are very serious about designing the right solutions for our customers. We share a “can do, will do” attitude and we designed our company to be agile, responsive and a little bit different, for you. TEKNION Entrepreneurial Enduring Teknion’s Value Despite our size, we remain agile and Our integrated product portfolio accessible. Creativity and ingenuity benchmarks the best of design, while Proposition are encouraged throughout the protecting our customers’ organization. As a result, this drives investments as their needs evolve. Teknion’s culture and value is innovation and progress, which defined by our people. We are benefits the customers we serve. Universally Aligned an enterprise of creative We combine local insight and global Vertically Integrated collaborators that challenge oversight to ensure a worldwide what is possible every day to We own and operate our standard of product and service meet our customers’ manufacturing facilities, so we can excellence. Our worldwide leverage our in-house capabilities. operations are aligned across expectations. We challenge ourselves to push our geography, ensuring our customers quality, sustainability and experience immediate and consistent customization capabilities beyond interaction. what is expected. Collaborative We do not prescribe solutions. We listen and observe, then share the insights to advance ourselves, our customers and the industry. TEKNION Meet your Project Team David Moorad Senior Regional Sales Manager, Public Entity For more than 25 years, David Moorad has been on the forefront of helping manufacturers, dealerships and end users navigate the complex world of Federal, State and Higher Learning Sales. With an established track record of consistently exceeding expectations and adding value to every interaction, David will be actively engaged in all details of this contract. Your Main Point of Contact at Teknion Julie Kinnavy Business Development Manager Julie will be responsible for overseeing the handling of the City of Charlotte contract and will serve as the primary local point of for the City of Charlotte. She will assist in developing product solutions and service programs specific to your needs and requirements. This includes understanding and applying any applicable contract terms and standards. She will oversee and cultivate the City of Charlotte relationship with all Teknion and Stephens Office Systems personnel. In short, it is Julie’s responsibility to ensure complete satisfaction with all products and services provided. Your Local Advocate at Teknion TEKNION Meet your Project Team, continued Keiko Pace Stephens Office Supply Account Manager for City of Charlotte Keiko will handle all aspects of the project from initial specification to job completion. She will work with all Teknion team members to meet and exceed your expectations. Sara will serve as the liaison between the project team and the City of Charlotte. She will facilitate a team selling approach with Julie and will also be responsible to ensure that all projects are compliant with the requirements of the City of Charlotte’s contract with Teknion. Your Main Point of Contact at Stephens Office Systems Angie Hoffman Government Contract Manager Angie is responsible for the administrative processing of all Government and Educational contracts. She develops and maintains tracking for each, including reporting, compliance and payment, and pricing and discounting. She is available to troubleshoot any issues pertaining to the contracts. Angie will work closely with David Moorad in the administration of the City of Charlotte/OMNIA Partners contract and will ensure our compliance regardless of location. Your Contract Expert at Teknion TEKNION Qualifications + Experience To support our customers, Teknion partners with authorized dealers who Teknion’s government program Meeting your provide the expertise in incorporates Teknion’s award- understanding your local Objectives winning products, experienced requirements and business needs— personnel, and dedicated resources from design, planning, management, to administer various contracts for a Teknion’s job is to help you to installation—to achieve customer wide variety of customers in state satisfaction. Teknion’s innovative meet and exceed your and local government, federal products, strong dealer network, and workplace strategy goals. government and purchasing commitment to the customer are consortiums across the United States. ideal for the City of Charlotte and We offer a full range of high- OMNIA Partners. performance products including flexible panel systems, quality wood National/Corporate Support furnishings, filing and storage, and a Teknion’s Government Program is a broad range of seating. Electrical focused group of individuals who capabilities include the ability to manage complex accounts across deliver complete power and data geography. We support multiple services independent of the office layers of the contracting agency floor plan, allowing for flexibility of with a dedicated, multi-disciplined design and reconfigurability of the Teknion team. The team works with office space. Teknion maintains an the end users to create and environmental and sustainability implement timely, cost-effective and program to reduce the impact of our appropriate solutions by applying manufacturing operations and consistent methodology, quality products on the environment. products and skilled service resources. TEKNION Product Portfolio capability to address increases in Teknion is an international business volume and strong Meeting your designer, manufacturer and control over product quality. Objectives marketer of office systems and Service Portfolio related products, including storage Teknion products are distributed and filing, seating, casegoods, through a worldwide network of tables, and ergonomic furniture. authorized dealers. These dealers Teknion maintains a just-in-time are trained on all aspects of the manufacturing program to Teknion product line including,