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CONTRACT K-1617-78: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN PERFORMANCE SURFACES THROUGH THE NATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING ALLIANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $101,233 FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF 535 NEW THEATRE SEATS FOR SOONER THEATRE.
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BACKGROUND: During the Fiscal Year Ending 2017 budget process, City Council approved a project for seat replacement and other interior renovations for the Sooner Theatre. The original seats in the theater were destroyed in the years before the City of Norman came into possession of the Theatre. The seats currently in the theatre are a combination of seats salvaged from a movie theatre in the 1990's when it was being demolished, and balcony seats of an unknown origin that were replaced in the 1950's or 1960's, when the Sooner was a movie theatre. The original Chicago-based seat manufacturer from 1929 is no longer in business, and research into getting reproductions made of the original seats showed that option to be cost-prohibitive.
The existing seats are in poor condition, due to continuous use by audiences attending live theatre, concerts and special events. Several different rounds of improvements have been done over the past decades to improve operation and function of the mechanical systems, dressing room spaces, offices, sweet shop, carpet, stage rigging and curtains, roof, sign, box office, fixtures and finishes in the theatre. Before moving on to final improvements to the lighting system, stage and wing spaces, and architectural details at the Sooner, we intend to upgrade the seats via this project, in order to make a noticeable upgrade to the audience experience at the theatre.
DISCUSSION: The National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (NIPA) is a procurement source for governmental agencies, a subdivision or lead agency of which is the State of Oklahoma. All vendors contracted with National IPA are those offering the best prices to governmental entities and who meet the criteria required of competit...
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