71--HAS Phase 3 Furniture

The Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically the NCO8 VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico, plans to negotiate a sole source commercial contract with KNOLL, Inc. to supply additional office furniture for the first floor of the Administration Building at the San Juan VA Medical Center. This contract, authorized under FAR 6.302-1, asserts that only KNOLL can meet the agency's needs for furnishing several areas on the first floor, and no other suppliers will satisfy the requirements. The contract is intended to complete furnishing tasks necessary to support the administrative functions within this facility. Since this is a sole source acquisition, no solicitation package is available, but interested parties had an opportunity to submit their capabilities by July 22, 2015, for the government to consider whether to pursue a competitive procurement. The contract falls under the NAICS code 337214, which corresponds to office furniture manufacturing, and is handled by the NETWORK Contract Office 8 (36C248) of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The acquisition is categorized as a sources sought notice without a competitive set-aside, indicating that while responses from other suppliers were welcomed to evaluate market interest, the government retains full discretion not to compete the contract. All inquiries concerning this procurement were directed exclusively via email to a designated contact at the VA, emphasizing a controlled and formal communication process throughout the acquisition phase.