Puerto Rico Army National Guard Office Furniture for the New Joint Forces Headquarters facilities located at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Army National Guard is issuing a total small business set aside for office furniture for the new Joint Forces Headquarters facilities located at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. The primary NAICS code for this project will be 442110. The solicitation will be posted on 3 September 2015 as a Small Business set aside. The project consists of furnishing, installation and overall set up of staff offices, modular workstations each featuring overhead cabinets with task lights, data and power ready receptacles circuits, conference tables with seating, lounge tables, shelving, among others pieces. The facility covers approximately 74,085 square feet. The furniture will cover general staff offices/cubicles to executive office furniture. Some of the modular furniture will be quote mark daisy quote mark chained together. Final connection to electrical may be completed by the awardee. The proposer or awardee will remove all packing, debris, boxes, strapping, cardboard, pallets, etc from the project site and he/she will not use the Fort Buchanan dumpsters. Solicitation may be posted on FBO on the 3 September 2015 with 3 enclosures/ attachments and one document titled description of requirements. The Solicitation will close on the 17 September 2015 at 2:00 PM. The proposed contract date may be on the 22 September 2015.

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Contracting Office Address:
United States Property and Fiscal Office of Puerto Rico
Purchasing and Contracting Division
Building 540 Borinqueneer Road
Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico 00934-4069

Place of Performance:
Puerto Rico Army National Guard
New Joint Forces Headquarters Facilities
Columbus Street
Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico 00934-4069

Primary Point of Contact:
MAJ Carlos M. Rivera
Supervisory Contract Specialist
carlos.m.riveramcdermott.mil@mail.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:
1LT Kenneth Matos
Contracting Officer
kenneth.matos.mil@mail.mil