PRESOLICITATION FOR LEASING PROGRAM Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), which operates under the trade name UNICOR, intends to enter into a contract for leases for FPI's system furniture product offerings. FPI is a wholly-owned Government Corporation within the Department of Justice, under the Federal Prison System. FPI operates more that 100 factories and its product lines include over 175 separate products and services sold exclusively to federal agencies and the Department of Defense. UNICOR's mission is to employ and provide skills training to the greatest practicable number of inmates in federal correctional facilities necessary to ensure safe and secure operation of such institutions, and in doing so, to produce market priced, quality goods in a self-sustaining manner that minimizes potential impact on private business and labor. FPI, Systems Furniture Group is currently seeking to develop a multiple award contract that will provide leasing opportunities for FPI customers through bona fide financial institutions or bona fide leasing companies. The leasing program will be for systems furniture only and will be established as a Lease to Own Program (LTOP). The leasing options will be from one to five years. The program will operate as a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) between the lessee and lessor. UNICOR will provide product and installation only. Additional information regarding UNICOR's schedule of products and services can be found on our website at www.unicor.gov. Interested parties should submit a written request for this solicitation package to Marla Pope, Contracting Officer @ fax 202/305-7363 or e-mail: mpope@central.unicor.gov.

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