FURNITURE MUST ME BRAND AND MODEL SPECIFIED TO MEET ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS. SHSU WILL NOT ACCEPT SUBSTITUTIONS OR ALTERNATES. SHSU reserves the right to purchase additional quantities of each item listed at the price quote, excluding delivery and installation cost, for a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of issuance of a purchase order. If vendor does not agree to this please indicate in a memo/letter as an attachment under "Suppler Attachments". Questions: After the IFB is advertised, proposers will have until 11:00 AM Central Time, September 27, 2019, to submit written questions in BearKatBuy Sourcing Director via the Q&A Board in relation to this bid. Only questions submitted in BearKatBuy Sourcing Director will be accepted. All questions submitted and received will be reviewed, consolidated where possible, and answered on the Q&A Board on BearKatBuy Sourcing Director. A link to the Q&A Board will be posted on the Texas Electronic State Business Daily at http://www.txsmartbuy.com/sp It is the proposer's responsibility to continually check the BearKatBuy Sourcing Director for responses. Addenda to Request For Proposal and Award Information: If it becomes necessary to revise any part of this IFB, a revision will be given in the form of an addendum. The addendum will be posted on BearKatBuy Sourcing Director and a link posted on the Texas Electronic State Business Daily at http://www.txsmartbuy.com/sp It is the responsibility of the proposer to monitor the website for addenda or other written responses. In addition, information about the award will be posted on both web sites. Award Notice: Sam Houston State University (SHSU) reserves the right to make an award on the basis of low line item bid, low total of line items, low item total price per line, or in any other combination that will serve the best interest of SHSU and to reject any and all bid items at the sole discretion of SHSU. TXMAS and Cooperative Agreements: Please provide a bid offering your best pricing. If best pricing utilizes TXMAS or one of the cooperative contracts listed below, please include your TXMAS or cooperative contract number with your bid. Otherwise, provide open market pricing. The University is authorized to use TXMAS contracts and is a member of several purchasing cooperatives: Buyboard Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) E&I Educational & Institutional Cooperative 1st Choice First Choice HCDE Harris County Department of Education PSA Purchasing Solutions Alliance TCPN The Cooperative Purchasing Network TXMAS Texas Multiple Award Schedule U.S. Comm. U.S. Communities National IPA National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance TIPS/TAPS Cooperative Purchasing System NJPA National Joint Powers Alliance NCPA National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance STPC Southwest Texas Purchasing Coop

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