Please note: This is a Sole Source Notification. Justification: The curbside area millwork items to be purchased will be used to fulfill a request by Spirit Airlines to begin curbside services for their guests. This new service is a marked and unanticipated change in the carrier’s operations. An Additional three (3) exterior units are necessary as spares because none are currently available. Should any of the aging current units require replacement or should another airline or service provider request units we would be able to provide the necessary exterior-rated millwork units. Fish Construction supplied the existing exterior or curbside counters in 2017 under project BP-447, OIA Ticket Lobby Modifications. As the original vendor, Fish already has the approved shop drawings to produce this millwork, as well as access to the same finish materials used for the original units. This would greatly expedite production and delivery of the millwork and also increase the probability that the units will match existing. Given they already have materials on hand for these counters the vendor has agreed to slot these units into their next production cycle. Typical millwork production lead times would be 12-16 weeks, in addition to the design and procurement process. The millwork will be installed for Spirit at Terminal A level 3 adjacent to units being provided for Southwest in the same terminal and level. Matching these as closely as possible would be desirable. Given that there are no available spares, getting these units produced promptly will avoid the possibility of having to Spirit delay their intended services. Specialty millwork is by its nature a custom product. Conducting market research without a full design and procurement effort would be nearly impossible. That being said, we do know the 2017 costs for these items. When adjusted for inflation using the Producer Price Index (PPI), we found the vendor’s pricing to be well below inflationadjusted pricing.
