MODIFICATION
71 -- Systems Furniture
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 337214
— Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/PKO - WPAFB, 1940 ALLBROOK DRIVE, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 45433-5309, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5309
- Solicitation Number
- FA8601-13-T-0032
- Archive Date
- 12/4/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer R. Begg, Phone: 9375222277
- E-Mail Address
-
Jennifer.Begg@wpafb.af.mil
(Jennifer.Begg@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMMENDMENT: In order to comply with FAR 5.207(c)(15), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: The Government requirement is for 29 cubicle stations and miscellaneous components that are fully compatible and interchangeable with the current Herman Miller Canvas Office Landscape cubicle stations. The manufacturers produce cubicle stations and components in accordance with their own proprietary specifications, which are not compatible or interchangeable other manufacturers cubicle stations. Compatibility with the existing systems furniture and hardware is essential now and for future reconfigurations necessitated by organizational restructuring, changes in manpower or relocation. The only known source able to meet the Governments requirement is Herman Miller Inc. The Government believes that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost that is not expected to be recovered through competition. Currently, there are 760 Herman Miller Canvas Office Landscape stations installed with an estimated total value of $2.9M. Acquiring Herman Miller Canvas Office Landscape stations will allow interchangeability of all components of all stations in the inventory, thus maximizing flexibility and minimizing the potential for obsolescence of some stations or components thereof when office layouts are reconfigured due to reorganizations, manpower fluctuations or transfer of entire offices' systems furniture to new facilities. This would allow for known future changes, modifications and/or expansion of the current configurations by utilizing these compatible components from the other offices without requiring potentially expensive and duplicative purchases in the future. __________________________________________________________________________ The United States Air Force, AFLCMC/PZIO Operational Contracting, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5344, publishes this Sole Source synopsis for informational purposes only. This proposed action is for the procurement of a 29 Cubicle Stations and components, the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(c). This proposed procurement will be a Sole Source under North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) 337214 Size standard is 500 employees. The proposed source is Herman Miller Inc., 855 East Main Ave., PO BOX 302, Zeeland, MI 49464-0302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, quotation or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government if received within five (5) days of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined the System For Award Management (SAM) to be the single DoD registration for contractors who conduct business or who are interested in conducting business with the DoD. Contractors must be registered in SAM prior to award for solicitations issued after 21 May 1998. You may contact SAM at 1-866-606-8220, or https://www.sam.gov
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