Dreamseat Recliners for Fire Stations

Project Description: Hillsborough County intends to recommend the award of a sole source procurement to DREAMSEATS LLC for the purchase of DreamSeats reclining chairs for use in Hillsborough County Fire Rescue stations for two (2) years at an estimated cost of $130,699.00. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Standardized DreamSeat commercial recliners following a comprehensive trial of reclining chairs conducted in 2015 which illustrated they were the best chair for the County’s fire fighters. In 2023, trials were reconducted and DreamSeat recliners received the highest scores across all measured categories yet again. DREAMSEATS LLC has offered the County a unit price discount of 32.815%, representing $57,800.00 in savings for the life of this agreement. This procurement is being made in accordance with Section 3-205(2)(f) of the County’s Procurement Policy as DREAMSEATS LLC is the only manufacturer of DreamSeats recliners and sells its products exclusively through its own direct sales channels, with no authorized distributors. The County reserves the right to extend the time period further, adjust the scope of services in response to changing conditions and updated requirements, and increase the resulting award accordingly.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals/bids.
Contractors who are able and interested in providing all the identified proprietary goods must submit clear and convincing information to support a challenge to the intended award. Challenges to this procurement must be received no later than the specified Close Date of this Sole Source notice and must be submitted using the “submission” section in EUNA Procurement for this particular procurement. Absent any challenges, an award will likely be made after the Close Date.
The County will review properly submitted challenges (responses) to determine whether bona fide competition exists. Any such responses received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement as a competitive solicitation.