SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- INTERNATIONAL REMAIL SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 2/23/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561499
— All Other Business Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- InternationalRemailServices
- Response Due
- 3/2/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/17/2005
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Notice to help the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identify potential re-mail service sources to provide international mailing services and accountability for all NIST foreign mail.***** THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IN NO WAY COMMITS THE GOVERNMENT.***** This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, nor will a contract/order be awarded in response to this notice.*****Costs associated with vendors? providing information in response to this announcement and any additional requests for information and/or materials will NOT be reimbursed.*****The Government anticipates that capable firms will possess expertise and successful past experience and performance in the re-mailing of international mail, with services including but not limited to the following: (a) per mail piece accountability, (b) pick-up services, (c) preprinted air bill or BOL, (d) detailed invoicing by department(s) to allow for charge-back, (e) customized routing solutions which can be changed (to meet customer?s needs), (f) address correction and completion service, (g) industry updates, (h) multiple service and routing options including USPS IPA, USPS ISAL, Air First Class and Air Printed Matter.*****Interested, capable vendors/parties shall submit a capability statement in response to this Sources Sought Notice, including, at a minimum, the following: (a) Technical discussion of vendor?s ability to perform the type of services described above; (b) Name of Company-include a contact person's name, telephone number, and email address; (c) Company Address; (d) Company Size (please specify as either-Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Woman Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), Hubzone Small Business) or other; (e) Identify whether you are interested in this acquisition as a prime contractor or a subcontractor; (f) Identify whether the services identified in herein are of a type offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace based on established catalog or market prices and whether these services are exclusively provided to the Government; (g) Identify standard commercial terms and conditions typically associated with these services; (h) Describe experience and past performance with similar types of requirements of similar scope and magnitude and whether they were performance-based (with contract number, Government agency name and address and contract funded amount; (i) Identify existing or potential pricing structure in support of this type of work; (j) Identify qualifications of technical and management personnel; and (k) Identify and clearly mark any proprietary processes or data.*****Vendors shall submit response by e-mail to tamara.grinspon@nist.gov , or by mail, in duplicate (one original and one copy) to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, ATTN: TAMARA GRINSPON, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive?STOP 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640, on or before COB March 2, 2005.*****
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Shipping & Receiving/Bldg 301, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
- Record
- SN00756650-W 20050225/050223212039 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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