LAB FURNISHINGS

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Miami, FL, intends to issue a purchase order to, Formaspace for additional lab furnishings, for $40,588. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Several years ago when the Miami lab was established, Formaspace furnishings were used in accordance with their GSA contract. To maintain the continuity of a visually unified lab, no other equipment/furnishings would be able to match the Formaspace products. The expansion of one lab includes workspace for a scientist who recently had to move. Formaspace furnishings complete the configuration of the space by modification of existing parts to fit the current furnishings/equipment. Formaspace does not have distributors. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the d