Revised_Synopsis-DOC_Enterprise-wide_Furniture_Initiative.pdf

Synopsis SS1301-17-RP-0003

Revised

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

ENTERPRISE-WIDE FURNITURE INITIATIVE

The Department of Commerce (DOC) is a cabinet-level Department that promotes job creation, economic growth, sustainable development, and improved standards of living for all Americans. The DOC works in partnership with businesses, universities, communities, and our nation’s workers to realize its mission to help make American business more innovative at home and more competitive abroad. The Department has a widespread and diverse set of responsibilities within the areas of trade, economic development, weather monitoring and communication, technology, entrepreneurship and business development, and statistical research and analysis. The Department is comprised of 12 Bureaus with operations across the

United States, 6 U.S. Territories, and more than 70 international offices. The Bureaus include the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST), United Stated Census Bureau (CENSUS), United State Patent and Trademark Office

(USPTO), The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), International Trade Administration (ITA), United

States Economic Development Administration (EDA), Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), National Technical Information

Services) (NTIS), Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the Economics and Statistics Administration

(ESA). The Office of the Secretary (OS) is the headquarters organization for the Department.

Enterprise Services (ES)

In the summer of 2014, a comprehensive effort was established to develop and implement a more effective “shared services” model for providing Acquisition, Financial Management (FM), Human

Resources (HR), and Information Technology (IT) support services to customers across the DOC.

This notice is not a request for quote, proposal, or invitation for bid. The intent of this pre-solicitation synopsis is to provide notice of a proposed contract action. The Department of Commerce Enterprise

Services (DOC-ES) intends to issue a solicitation for a turnkey furniture procurement, to include management and installation of various types of office furniture.

The objective is to obtain systems furniture, office furniture, case goods, seating, filing, office storage cabinets, and related design and installation services for the DOC, its Bureaus and Offices, for locations throughout the continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS).

Not all Bureaus within the DOC are standardized on the same manufacturer, therefore the anticipated contractor must have the capability to provide, at minimum, the full product line or equal from the following closed line manufacturers:

Allsteel

Herman Miller, including Geiger products

Inscape

Steelcase

Teknion

Additionally, the DOC also desires to have access to the full product line or equal from the following open line manufacturers:

JSI

Logiflex

National

Paoli

This above list of manufacturers is not all inclusive, but rather are provided for information and planning.

Requirements will be determined at the order level

Synopsis SS1301-17-RP-0003

Revised

The contract holder(s) will be expected to be able to manage project requirements to reconfigure workstations, offices, training and conference rooms, files storage, and create additional work stations.

New office and cubicle standards may require furniture project management, furniture designs, procurement, dismantle, removal and disposal of discarded furniture, and reconfiguration of existing furniture and installation services.

The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business set-aside under NAICS 337215. It is anticipated that the solicitation may result in a single or multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity

(ID/IQ) contract(s) with firm-fixed price task orders. The resultant contract will be awarded in accordance with FAR Part 12. The Government anticipates a five year ordering period from date of award. The Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract(s) resulting from the Request for

Proposals (RFP) is intended to give the DOC, its Bureaus and Offices the flexibility to address the varying furniture requirements without specifically identifying each requirement at award for the life of the contract.

For information and illustration, pricing information may be requested in table such as below:

MANUFACTURER HISTORICAL

PERCENTAGE (%) OF DOC

FURNITURE SPEND (to be provided)

PROPOSED MINIMUM

DISCOUNT PERCENTAGE

(%) off MANUFACTURER

PRICE LIST

Allsteel

Herman Miller

Inscape

Steelcase

Teknion

The solicitation will be released electronically via this Government Point of Entry (GPE) otherwise known as Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) or www.fbo.gov. As such, no written, telephonic or other type of request for an advance copy of the solicitation will be entertained at this time. Potential offerors/vendors are encouraged to register on www.fbo.gov to receive any further information in reference to the subject action inclusive of any announcements, and/or amendments to the solicitation after its release. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM).

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A REQUEST

FOR PROPOSALS IS ANTICIPATED TO BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2017. The contract award date is anticipated to be June 2017.

Any questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Jean Mann, Contracting Officer, via email at

StrategicSourcing@doc.gov.

http://www.fbo.gov/ mailto:StrategicSourcing@doc.gov