SOLICITATION NOTICE
71 -- AIR FORCE INSTALLATION CONTRACTING AGENCY (AFICA) - FURNISHINGS COMMODITY COUNCIL (FCC) - OFFICE SEATING PROGRAM - AFICA Seating II RFI – Office Seating Wood
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 337211
— Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- AFICA - AFICA- CONUS
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- FA8057-16-RFI-0001A-FCC
- Archive Date
- 12/18/2015
- Point of Contact
- Dana L. King, Phone: 937-257-1245, AF Furnishings Commodity Council, Phone: 937-257-5880
- E-Mail Address
-
dana.king.5@us.af.mil, furnishings.cc@wpafb.af.mil
(dana.king.5@us.af.mil, furnishings.cc@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- OFFICE SEATING RFI ATTACHMENT 2 - SEATING REQUIREMENTS MATRIX OFFICE SEATING RFI ATTACHMENT 1 - BUSINESS PROFILE MATRIX RFI DOCUMENT - AIR FORCE INSTALLATION CONTRACTING AGENCY (AFICA) - FURNISHINGS COMMODITY COUNCIL (FCC) - OFFICE SEATING PROGRAM AFICA Office Seating II RFI - CO Memorandum AFICA is headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. A mission of AFICA is to provide the USAF with enterprise level strategic sourcing solutions. AFICA is the USAF's centralized organization for executing enterprise-wide strategic sourcing for installation goods and services. Strategic sourcing best practices are utilized to continually improve and reevaluate organizational purchasing activities, to improve quality, and reduce costs for installation acquisitions. AFICA uses cross-functional teams called "Commodity Councils" to strategically source goods and/or services at the enterprise level. Currently the ESS services all AF installations within CONUS regions, as well as Hawaii and Alaska, with procurement offices buying office seating. The current Office Seating Program includes office seating delivery, assembly, installation, removal/disposal services, and warranty coverage to the specified facilities/locations. To aid in the development of the anticipated acquisition strategy, AFICA is investigating the availability of office seating manufacturers, furnishing trends, and cost saving opportunities to ensure all of the aforementioned goods and services are provided in this follow-on Office Seating Program. The Air Force has structured this RFI to target industry feedback. The Attachments were developed based on analyzing the Air Force's current and historical office seating needs, anticipated furnishing demands, and current procurement processes. This RFI includes two (2) Attachments: a. Business Profile Matrix - Attachment 1: The purpose of this Matrix is to provide AFICA with market information to help validate our acquisition strategy. Please read and respond to all 50 Business Profile Topics. No topic/question may be changed, and responses are to be made in the column entitled "RESPONSE." 1) Workbook Tab 1 - Instructions 2) Workbook Tab 2 - Business Profile Topics 3) Workbook Tab 3 - AF Installations: The installations that the AF desires to have goods and services provided to are contained in this tab. b. Seating Requirements Matrix - Attachment 2: The purpose of this Matrix is for respondents to state whether their product lines meet the manufacturing requirements as listed in the eight (8) category tabs below. 1) Workbook Tab 1 - Instructions 2) Workbook Tab 2 - Non-Wood Chair Collection with Mesh Back & Mesh Seat (NWMM 3) Workbook Tab 3 - Non-Wood Chair Collection with Mesh Back & Cloth Seat (NWMC) 4) Workbook Tab 4 - Non-Wood Chair Collection with Cloth Back & Cloth Seat (NWCC) 5) Workbook Tab 5 - Wood Chair Collection with Cloth Back & Cloth Seat (WCC) 6) Workbook Tab 6 - Wood Chair Collection with Leather Back & Leather Seat (WLL) 7) Workbook Tab 7 - Wood Chair Collection with Tufted Back & Cloth or Tufted Seat (WTC) 8) Workbook Tab 8 - Wood Chair Collection with Tufted Back & Leather or Tufted Seat (WTL) 9) Workbook Tab 9 - Bariatric Chair with Cloth Back & Cloth Seat (BCC) Specifically, utilizing the attached spreadsheets, AFICA is looking to validate the market's capability of meeting our listed requirements by each Office Seating product category and product line as well as the ability to meet or have authorized dealers meet the associated service requirements, which include office seating delivery, assembly, installation, removal/disposal services, and warranty coverage to the specified facilities/locations. Please see the RFI document and the two (2) Attachments referenced above for specific information and instructions related to this RFI.
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