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THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL. PROJECT: W912DR-22-Z-0MIO – SOF Operations Building, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland No reimburse... THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL. PROJECT: W912DR-22-Z-0MIO – SOF Operations Building, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of Brand Name or Equal Items. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to include the following brand name or equal items in a request for proposal for a construction contract acquisition under the authority of (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2), Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This project may include a Brand Name or equal component, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicates otherwise. This notification serves two (2) purposes: (1) to notify potential Offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name or equal component under a future construction project; (2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and/or equal requirement. The project specifications include 340 separate instances where a name-brand product description is used to describe the project’s FF&E and CID requirements, including office chairs, desks, systems furniture, demountable partitions, and storage, among other furniture and equipment items as well as paint, wall coverings, carpets, flooring, and cabinetry, among other structural interior design items. In accordance with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 3-120-10, Interior Design, the “brand name or equal” designations for furniture items, a minimum of three products, by three (3) separate manufacturers are cited. Only one (1) brand name for finishes has been included as a basis for design however, any product meeting the specifications will be considered during the construction submittal process. Attachment 1 includes a complete list of items described with a brand name or equal product description. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT: The construction project will include Brand Name or equal requirement. Please see attached. Interested vendors must show clear and convincing evidence that alternatives to the specified items exist. Interested vendors wishing to be considered by the Government as described above must provide a copy of its brochure and any other capability statements/ data no later than 14 February 2022 to Contract Specialist, Gary Faykes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to gary.faykes@usace.army.mil. This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the direction of the Government.