Theatrical Concepts and Equipment

INVITATION FOR BIDS Bid #25-421, Theatrical Concepts and Equipment Due July 24,2025, On or before 2:00 p.m., PST King County Directors' Association (KCDA) is a purchasing cooperative owned by the school districts of Washington State and is located in Kent, Washington. KCDA’s membership is made up of, but not restricted to, public school districts, private schools, municipalities, political subdivisions and other public agencies primarily located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana. Representing over 1 million students and over 5,000 ship to locations, KCDA purchases approximately $190 million worth of products, equipment and services on behalf of the membership. The KCDA Purchasing Cooperative (hereinafter “KCDA”) requests bids from manufacturers and/or dealers who can offer Theatrical items for an auditorium such as Curtains, Riggings, Lighting, Acoustic texturing for Sound baffling, Lighting controls for “Auditorium – Theatrical type settings”, AV Projection Systems for “Auditorium – Theatrical type settings”, and sound equipment for “Auditorium – Theatrical type settings” to its member agencies. Total estimated value of this contract is approximately $200,000 to $400,000 annually. Each response is to be filed in a separate envelope and marked with the appropriate IFB number, name, day and time of opening. All bids must be at KCDA's office on or before the time shown above or they will not be accepted nor considered. Responses sent via email, faxed, or "postage due" will not be accepted. Responses sent via UPS, Federal Express, Express Mail or other overnight delivery services must be sent to: KCDA, 18639 80th Ave S, Kent WA 98032 and clearly marked with the IFB number and name, Attn: Purchasing Department. ATTN: Karl Durham, Contract & Procurement Specialist IFB# 25-421, Theatrical Concepts and Equipment KCDA - Procurement Department 18639 – 80 th Ave S Kent, WA 98032 The vendor has full responsibility to ensure the proposal arrives to the Purchasing Office by the due date and time. KCDA assumes no responsibility for delays caused by the U.S. Post Office or any other delivery service. Postmarking by the due date will not substitute for actual receipt of response by the date due. Proposals arriving after the deadline may be returned unopened to the vendor, or may simply be declared non-responsive and not subject to evaluation, at the sole determination of KCDA. All questions pertaining to this bid shall be entered in the “Questions” section of Public Purchase. No emails or phone inquiries will be accepted. Electronic copies of this IFB are available via KCDA’s website at www.kcda.org. Click on Contracts & Bids / Vendor Bids. Materials can also be downloaded online via Public Purchase www.publicpurchase.com . If you have trouble opening the document, please contact the Contract Specialist named below. Karl Durham, Contract & Procurement Specialist contact@example.gov +1 (555) 000-0000 X 131 Published in the Daily Journal of Commerce-Seattle and the Daily Journal of Commerce-Oregon June 16,2025 and June 23, 2025