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the above research programs. The furniture delivery and design and installation services must be completed in coordination with and within the schedule of the general contractor, The Whiting-Turner (WT) Contracting Company.

b. Project Background.

The mission of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions. The goal is to get more treatments to more patients more quickly.

The new NCATS Building E will be completed in fiscal year 2023, and this space will house NCATS’ Formulation, Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics (DMPK), and Antibody research programs. This space needs to be furnished upon completion to be operational and immediately advance projects under the above research programs. This project is a new requirement and not a continuation or renewal of an ongoing order.

3. Description of the Supplies or Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs (including the Estimated Value).

a. Project Title.

“Furniture and Incidental Design and Installation Services for NCATS Building E”

b. Project Description.

The Contractor shall delivery furniture and perform incidental design and installations services for NCATS Building E. The Contractor shall perform the following incidental services:

i. File proper permit with Montgomery County, Maryland, in accordance with the general contractor’s building permit. Permit to match pre-determined design.

ii. Furnish and install furniture using predetermined layout in adherence to the building standard. It shall be consistent with the building standard systems furniture currently in use throughout NCATS Buildings A, B, and C.

iii. Specify finishes and furnish a bill of materials.

iv. Build out the new furniture solution.

v. Remove and discard any unneeded components and trash resulting from the work.

Requirement Type.

Support services (non-research & development) Supplies/equipment Information technology (IT) Other (specify): ____________________

Type of Action.

New requirement Follow-on Other (specify): ______________________

Proposed Contract/Order Type.

Firm-fixed-price Time and materials Indefinite delivery (specify whether indefinite quantity, definite quantity, or requirements): ___________ Other (specify): ___________

Acquisition Identification Number.

Proposed Solicitation Number 75N95023Q00092

c. Total Estimated Dollar Value and Performance/Delivery Period.

The total estimated dollar value of the acquisition is . This acquisition does not include options. The delivery date for the furnishings will be within six (6) months after receipt of order (ARO). The period of performance for the incidental design and installation services will be February 6, 2023, through February 5, 2024.

4. Identification of the Justification Rationale [see 8.405-6(a) and (b)] and, if applicable, a demonstration of the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service.

a. Acquisition Authority.

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple

Award Schedule Program. Consideration of schedule contractors will be restricted to fewer than the number required by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-6(a)(1) [see FAR 8.401, 8.405- 1] (i.e., fewer than three FSS contractors).

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple

Award Schedule Program. Consideration of schedule contractors will be restricted only to the item peculiar to one manufacturer as provided in FAR 8.405-6(a)(2)

b. Demonstration of the proposed contractor(s) unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service.

Name and address of the proposed contractor(s).

Arbee Associates 9300 Gaither Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878-1418 Unique Entity ID (UEI): YJNJKQ636141

Nature of the acquisition and proposed contractor(s) unique qualifications.

NCATS has been receiving architect and engineering services from Dancker LLC (Dancker), an integrated interior solutions firm; and construction services from The Whiting Turner Contracting Company (Whiting Turner), a general contractor, to complete the design work for the new NCATS Building E and to incorporate the designs into the drawings that are being used to construct Building E and that are currently on-file with Montgomery County, Maryland. The design work from these contractors planned for furniture and incidental design and installation services from Arbee Associates. Dancker acquired Arbee Associates in July 2022, including its General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract Number

47QSMA22D08Q8.

5. Determination by the ordering activity Contracting Officer that the order represents the best value consistent with FAR 8.404(d).

The Order will be based upon firm fixed prices from the vendor’s GSA schedule.

Although GSA has already negotiated fair and reasonable pricing, additional discounts will be sought, obtained, and reflected in the prices provided in the Order at the time of the base award. Additionally, the ordering activity will evaluate the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform the incidental services being ordered in order to determine that the total price is reasonable

6. Description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research was not conducted.

The NCATS Program Officials was consulted and searches were performed within UNICOR/Federal Prison Industries, Ability One, Interagency Contract Directory, GSA Advantage, and GSA eLibrary. However, no other sources capable of meeting this requirement were identified.

7. Any other facts supporting the justification.

Both the furniture and the incidental design and installation services for this requirement must be provided by Arbee Associates to be compatible with the existing completed design work and to have the necessary coordination with Dancker and Whiting Turner so that NCATS Building E will be operational upon completion and to avoid substantial delays and additional costs resulting from such delays. Additionally, the furniture permit needs to be filed with Montgomery County as soon as practicable so the County can stay on track with the overall permit process for Building E. Based on the above information, Arbee Associates is the only available source to the exclusion of all others that can meet the above requirements for the furniture and incidental design and installation services required here.

8. Statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made.

a. Removal of barriers to competition.

There are no future plans to acquire the same type of supplies or services.