HT001419P0181_FBCH_OFFICE_CHAIRS_UNICOR_KO'S_MEMORANDUM_RE_ACQUISITION.pdf

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE HEALTH AFFAIRS

7700 ARLINGTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 5101

FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 22042-5101

DEFENSE HEALTH

AGENCY

NCR-CD 26 April 2019

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S MEMORANDUM

Subject: PR# REDACTED Office Furniture – Chairs, (not of Wood Manufacture, PSC 7110) Acquisition IAW FAR Subpart 6.3, Other Than Full and Open Competition; and, FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or Required by Statute, for the Property Manager Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (FBCH), Fort Belvoir Virginia.

References: Defense Health Agency (DHA) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI)

DHA PGI 206.3 - Other Than Full and Open Competition; FAR Subpart 6.3, (6.302-5) Authorized or Required by, Statutes: 18 U.S.C. § 4124; and 10 U.S.C.

§ 2304 (c) (5); UNICOR Quote, OEI 19-0865, Value of PR: $ REDACTED

1. The purpose of this memorandum is to document the Contracting Officer’s conclusion that the purchase of 230 office chairs for the Property Manager FBCH, for the hospital and its subordinate clinics is required IAW DHA policy guidance; and, applicable statutes, to be completed thru the use of Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR), for this furniture requirement at FBCH.

2. DHA PGI 206.3 requires that; before, a Solicitation or a Delivery Order (DOD or non-

DOD), is initiated to meet the above material acquisition requirement (PSC 7110), it must (during the Market Research phase) be referred to UNICOR; for their determination as to whether, UNICOR can fulfill the requirement’s material specification. And, if they cannot, to document their finding(s) and advise the Contracting Officer in writing of their finding and decision, for the procurement acquisition file.

3. UNICOR received and reviewed the above requirement specification for: “chairs similar or equal to the Nightingale 6200ti CXO (Black Mystic Fabric), Task Intensive no-headrest”; on 3 April 2019. UNICOR determined that they could meet this specification and replied on 05 April 2019, with Quote, OEI 19-0865, in the amount of $ REDACTED, for 230 chairs. Their Quote was referred to the using activity on 8 April 2019, and has been concurred in by them, as the requiring activity.

4. UNICOR (CAGE Code: 1XFF6) is identified as an “Other Than Small Business” under the relevant NAICS code (337214). It is also identified in FAR 6.302-5(b) (1), as a Mandatory Source, “expressly authorize(d) or require(d), that acquisition be made from.

5. I hereby determine that UNICOR (Office Furniture Group), Lexington, KY (CAGE Code: 1XFF6), thru quote OEI 19-0865, has demonstrated that is available, and proposes, to satisfy this requirement. Therefore, procurement thru them is in compliance with the applicable statutes (18 U.S.C. § 4124; and 10 U.S.C. § 2304 (c) (5)); and, procurement shall be made thru them, as it is in the best interest of the Government.

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