SOLICITATION NOTICE
71 -- Existing Modular Furniture Addition
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2010
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 337211
— Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, 15 CONS - Hickam, 90 G Street, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 96853-5230
- ZIP Code
- 96853-5230
- Solicitation Number
- ExistingModularFurnitureAddition
- Archive Date
- 10/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- SrA Praise Petty, Phone: (808) 448-2972, TSgt Keith Thorndyke, Phone: (808) 448-2955
- E-Mail Address
-
praise.petty@hickam.af.mil, keith.thorndyke@hickam.af.mil
(praise.petty@hickam.af.mil, keith.thorndyke@hickam.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Award Number
- FA5215-10-P-0050
- Award Date
- 9/13/2010
- Description
- Justification & Approval Justification for other than Full and Open Competition Limited Sources Military Personnel Flight Modular Furniture Addition 26 August 2010 In accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a) (2), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. (10 USC, 2304 (c)(l)) Justification IAW FAR 6.303-2 and 8.405-6(f) (1) Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force 647th Contracting Squadron, MSCS, 90 G Street, Building 1201, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 96853. (2) Nature and or Description of Action Being Approved. Purchase of Haworth furniture to match existing Haworth furniture for the Military Personnel Flight. The need to purchase additional Haworth furniture is due to the influx of personnel. To reprocure furiture to uniformly outfit the office furniture needs by a different manufacturer would be excessively expensive and not in the best interest of the governments. (3) Description of Services Required to Meet the Agency's Needs. Due to the Services and Personnel merger additional furniture is required to seat assigned staff personnel. Adding to the existing modular furniture will provide for the additional seating capacity and privacy for sensitive issues, while keeping furniture matching and costs to a minimum. Haworth brand is the only type of furniture that can satisfy the agency's requirements. (4) Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition. IAW 10 USC, 2304 (c)(l) - There is only one responsible source from which the requirement can be met. The head of an agency may use procedures other than competitive procedures when the property or services needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the agency. (5) Demonstration that the Contractor's Unique Qualifications or Nature of the Acquisition Requires Use of the Authority Cited. FAR 6.302-1 provides for use of brand name descriptions when the requirement can only be met by one brand name product as in this case. Haworth is the brand name of furniture that is currently being utilized by the Military Personnel Flight. Therefore, any other brand name of modular furniture will not be compatible with existing furniture and the government will have to replace all furniture in order to provide additional seating capacity if another type of brand name furniture is used. (6) Description of Efforts Made to Ensure That Offers are Solicited from as Many Potential Sources as Deemed Practicable. A notice of intent to purchase has been posted to FedBizOpps. Though this requirement is for a particular brand, 647 CONS has taken necessary action to extend ample opportunity for vendors to provide this requirement. (7) Determination by the Contracting Officer that the Anticipated Cost to the Government will be Fair and Reasonable. The contractor, Great Spaces, offers on-line pricing and catalog service to the commerical public. Although, full and open competition is not provided for, competition can still be obtained from the distributors of Haworth furniture. Price can be determined fair and reasonable based on competition within these distributors. (8) Description of the Market Research Conducted and the Results. Market research was conducted by contacting three furntiture stores in Hawaii. The only one that was capable of fufilling our need was Great Spaces. The other vendors informed us that they were not able to meet out requirement and directed us to Great Spaces, the only known vendor. Therefore, market research indicates that there is only one Hayworth distibutor on the island of Oahu. (9) Any Other Factors Supporting the Use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.. This requirement is not available for "full and open competition" based on the need for the Haworth brand name. If a contract is awarded to another source other than Haworth, more cost would be incurred because of the replacement of existing modular furniture to match and be compatible with furniture additions. This would not be in the best interest of the Government. Therefore, use of Haworth-brand name furniture for this acquisition is essential to the government's requirements and precludes consideration of products manufactured by another company. (10) A Listing of the Sources, if any that Expressed, in Writing, an Interest in the Acquisition: Great Spaces (11) A Statement of Actions, if any, the Agency May Take to Remove or Overcome any Barriers to Competition Before any Subsequent Acquisition for the Services Required. All actions have been taken to provide competition for the commercially available item within the brand name limitation. Future acquisitions for similar supplies will also require competition limited to Haworth brand for the aforementioned reasons. (12) Justification Certification: Based on the aforementioned, I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification are complete and accurate. //SIGNED// Capt Rebecca Sadler, Operations Officer 647th Force Support Squadron (13) Contracting Officer Certification: IAW FAR 8.405-6(f), I certify that the data supporting the recommended use of Other Than Full and Open Competition are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. //SIGNED// TSgt Donald K. Thorndyke II Contracting Officer
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/PAF/15CONS/ExistingModularFurnitureAddition/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 15th Force Support Squadron, 25 E. Street, Building 1102 Suite C-100, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 96853, United States
- Zip Code: 96853
- Zip Code: 96853
- Record
- SN02278594-W 20100915/100913234709-8037856e7d58e59d0671f737b77da29b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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