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County staff lay out furniture options as tariffs put Global Furnishings prices in flux
Summary
Project staff told commissioners tariffs may raise the cost of a previously selected Global Furnishings package; staff outlined three price/lead-time options for roughly 65 desks and sought direction ahead of an April 1 order target.
Kootenai County project staff told the Board of County Commissioners on March 4 that new tariff guidance could increase the price of a previously selected furniture package and presented three options for outfitting the justice building and associated offices.
Project staff said Global Furnishings—chosen during earlier procurement discussions—has a U.S. corporate address in New Jersey but sources some manufacturing from Canada; the vendor warned the county and its contract-design representative that new tariff rules may require additional charges on…
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