Ultimate Anti-Ligature & Correctional Furniture Procurement Guide

Compliance reviewed by Onur Oncer, SDVOSB Materials compliance lead.

FURNITURE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE ALIVE

Anti-ligature, behavioral health, and corrections-grade furniture is not a sub-category of office furniture. It is a discipline with its own safety standards, its own engineering, its own failure modes, and its own consequences when the procurement is wrong. A picnic table in a state psychiatric ward is not "regular furniture you have to be careful with." It is a specific class of product engineered to remove ligature points, breakage points, weaponizable hardware, and ingestion hazards. The procurement question is which manufacturer's engineering has been validated for the population and the facility you are operating.

SDVOSB Justice, Health & Corrections is the corrections, behavioral health, and detention division of SDVOSB Materials Technology & Supply LLC. We supply, install, and project-manage anti-ligature furniture, weapons storage, evidence and staff lockers, overhead conveyor systems, and portable air-safety equipment for state DOC, federal BOP, ICE/DHS/DOJ, VA behavioral health, state psychiatric centers, county jails, and youth detention facilities. SDVOSB, HUBZone, and SDB certified. This page is the buyer's guide.

Important up front: we do not handle clothing.

What This Division Supplies

Each entry below lists the category, then the use case, then the partner manufacturers we specify for it.

• Anti-Ligature Cell & Day-Room Furniture. Cell sets, day-room seating, admin furniture for correctional facilities. CORTECH, NORIX, Moduform, COGG, Durran.

• Behavioral Health & Psychiatric Furniture. Anti-ligature beds, bedroom sets, day-room seating, training room desks. NORIX, PINEAPPLE, SPEC, Solace HealthCare, Moduform.

• Institutional Mattresses. Correctional and institutional bedding. BlueChip.

• Specialty Anti-Ligature Accessories. Anti-ligature fittings, fixtures, privacy components. Multiple specialty partners.

• Correctional Privacy Booths. Attorney-client visitation, intake interview, parole interview. Specialty partners.

• Lockers. Evidence lockers, staff wardrobe lockers, inmate belongings lockers. Multiple partners, engineered to facility chain-of-custody requirements.

• Overhead Conveyor Systems. Property storage, uniform wardrobe conveyance. PACLINE.

• Portable Air Safety. Fentanyl/opioid fume hoods, portable air purification. LabTECH Air (cross-division).

• Weapons Equipment. Weapons clearing systems, weapon cleaning stations, weapons storage. Specialty partners.

• Public Seating & Waiting Areas. Court waiting areas, intake lobbies, visitation rooms. ARCONAS, NORIX, KI, HealthCentric.

• Casework & Cabinetry. Custom casework, modular institutional cabinetry. KNU, AMCASE, ARTOPEX, HEKMAN.

Anti-Ligature Engineering: What "Compliant" Actually Means

Anti-ligature furniture has no single federal standard the way office seating has ANSI/BIFMA. Compliance is a combination of (a) manufacturer engineering specification, (b) facility-specific population risk assessment, and (c) clinical guidance from organizations like The Joint Commission and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.

What we look at on every spec:

• Ligature points. No protrusions, hooks, or features that can support body weight via a ligature.

• Breakage / weaponization. Materials and joints that do not fracture into edged or sharp pieces.

• Ingestion hazards. Hardware, fastener, and finish choices that don't yield removable components small enough to be ingested.

• Cleanability and infection control. Surfaces appropriate for behavioral health intake and clinical screening environments.

• Tamper resistance. Concealed or proprietary fasteners; mounting methods that resist patient or inmate manipulation.

• Population fit. Different products are validated for different populations. Adult corrections, juvenile detention, voluntary psychiatric, involuntary psychiatric, and geriatric behavioral health all have different engineering paths.

We do not specify a single manufacturer for every project. We match CORTECH, NORIX, PINEAPPLE, SPEC, Solace HealthCare, Moduform, COGG, or Durran to the population, the facility risk profile, and the procurement vehicle.

Federal Credentials and Contract Paths

Federal certifications. The full credential list is verifiable on our SBA Small Business Search profile:

• SBA SDVOSB Certified

• Correction, Detention & Prison Cert

• NY State SDVOB (Cert Control # 171538)

• VA DVBE

• SBA HUBZone

• Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

• Small Business

• 100% Veteran Owned

• 100% Disabled Owned

• Lab & Health Cert

• Disability:IN Certified Diversity Supplier

• Florida DVE

UEI K39HBMPLN4B3 | CAGE 7YX60 | EIN 82-2895228. Registered active on SAM.gov. NYC EBE. NaVOBA member.

NAICS codes. The company's registered NAICS codes are listed on its SAM.gov entity record under UEI K39HBMPLN4B3. The ones that most often apply to corrections procurement are 337127 (Institutional Furniture Manufacturing), 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), 423450 (Medical, Dental and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers), 423490 (Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers), 423210 (Furniture Merchant Wholesalers), and 238390 (Other Building Finishing Contractors).

Contract paths we evaluate per requirement. SDVOSB Materials does not hold its own GSA Schedule. Depending on the buying office, the path may run through a GSA-registered partner vendor for Schedule 84 or Schedule 71 categories, the TIPS cooperative purchasing contract (TIPS 230701) for institutional furniture, VA FSS for VA behavioral health, a state DOC master contract, a BOP procurement channel, or a direct SDVOSB or HUBZone set-aside under FAR 19.14 and FAR 19.13. We confirm the path in writing before quoting.

Verified Past Performance

This division has the deepest published past performance in the company. Federal, state, and municipal corrections; VA behavioral health; state psychiatric:

• Otisville Federal Correctional Facility (BOP, NY): anti-ligature furniture.

• NYC Youth Detention Center (Rikers Island): anti-ligature sets.

• Erie County Corrections (Buffalo, NY).

• Philadelphia Detention Center (PA): anti-ligature furniture.

• Sumter SC Lee Detention Center: property storage conveyor (PACLINE).

• NY State Trooper facilities.

• Capital District Youth Detention Center (Albany, NY): anti-ligature cell sets; medical, exam, and behavioral health furniture; administrative furniture; locker room storage.

• VA Brooklyn (NY) & VA Daytona Beach (FL): police weapons equipment.

• VA Orlando Behavioral Health (FL): anti-ligature beds.

• New York State Psychiatric Institute (Manhattan).

• Central NY Psychiatric Center (Marcy, NY): anti-ligature bedroom sets, training room desks, locker room storage, seating.

• Staten Island Psychiatric Center.

• Rockland Psychiatric Center.

• Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

Past-performance references and project-level documentation available under NDA on request.

The Fentanyl Mitigation Capability

Property intake, mail screening, and evidence handling at federal and state corrections facilities expose staff to fentanyl and synthetic opioid contamination. The engineering control that addresses this is a portable fume hood properly sized for the facility's workflow. We integrate portable fentanyl / opioid fume hoods (supplied through our LabTECH Air sub-brand) into corrections procurement projects as a coordinated scope. Containment sizing follows the same specification logic we apply to federal laboratory fit-outs. This is one of the cleanest cross-division capabilities we offer.

How Procurement Officers Engage Us

1. Send the requirement. SOW, drawings, or a description of the facility and population.

2. We confirm scope and contract path. Set-aside eligibility, contract path, TIPS or a state cooperative if applicable.

3. We quote. Line-item product, install, fentanyl mitigation if needed, project management.

4. We deliver and install. Coordinated to the facility's security and operational requirements.

5. We close out. Turnover documentation, warranty registration, spare-parts inventory.

FAQ

Do you handle clothing for inmates or staff?

No. We do not handle clothing. We supply furniture, equipment, lockers, conveyors, weapons equipment, and air safety. Clothing is sourced separately.

Can you handle BOP contract procurement?

Yes. Past performance includes Otisville Federal Correctional Facility.

Do you supply anti-ligature beds for behavioral health units?

Yes. Multiple manufacturers in our portfolio: NORIX, PINEAPPLE, SPEC, Solace HealthCare, and Moduform. We match the manufacturer to the population (adult corrections vs. juvenile vs. voluntary vs. involuntary psychiatric).

Can you support state psychiatric center fit-out?

Yes. Past performance includes New York State Psychiatric Institute, Central NY Psychiatric Center, Staten Island Psychiatric Center, Rockland Psychiatric Center, and Creedmoor.

Do you handle weapons equipment for VA police?

Yes. Past performance with VA Brooklyn and VA Daytona Beach. Weapons clearing systems, weapon cleaning stations, weapons storage.

Are anti-ligature products BAA / BABA compliant?

Confirmed per-line-item per manufacturer. We provide compliance documentation when required for federally funded purchases.

How do we verify your SDVOSB / HUBZone certifications?

SAM.gov lookup by UEI K39HBMPLN4B3 confirms active status under SBA's programs. NY State SDVOB Cert Control # 171538 is verifiable through the NY State Office of General Services.

Ready to Source for a Corrections, Behavioral Health, or VA Procurement?

Email detention@SDVOSBmaterials.com, reach the Justice, Health & Corrections division page or call (917) 216-9400. We'll quote, source, install, and project-manage.

SDVOSB Justice, Health & Corrections is a division of SDVOSB Materials Technology & Supply LLC. SDVOSB (SBA-certified), HUBZone (SBA-certified), SDB (SBA-certified), NY State SDVOB Cert # 171538. UEI K39HBMPLN4B3 | CAGE 7YX60 | EIN 82-2895228.