SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- Quality Assurance and Engineering Services
- Notice Date
- 4/6/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 491110
— Postal Service
- Contracting Office
- United States Postal Service, Supplies and Services Purchasing, Services Purchasing (Headquarters), 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW Room 4541, Washington, DC, 20260-6237
- ZIP Code
- 20260-6237
- Solicitation Number
- 2APSER-05-QASERVICES
- Response Due
- 4/22/2005
- Archive Date
- 5/7/2005
- Description
- A) Overview The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) requires contract personnel to support the Test, Evaluation & Quality (TE&Q) organization by performing a variety of Quality Assurance (QA) related functions in support of Technology Acquisition Management (TAM) and other Engineering. The services required deal primarily with experienced technical and management specialists who are capable of implementing field acceptance testing of mail processing equipment and performing quality audits. Currently TE&Q uses approximately 110 contract persons in several labor categories, funded by over 30 different financial accounts, and it is anticipated that these figures will remain viable for the duration of the initial contract term. However, the USPS may increase or decrease the number of contract personnel at any time, and there is no guaranteed minimum number of contract employees that must be maintained. Approximately 15% of all contract employees are domiciled at the Engineering offices in Merrifield, VA or some specific supplier?s facility. Of all the contract employees approximately 90% travel extensively throughout the United States. Some assignments may require less or more than 40 hours per week. A five-day workweek is not contemplated for most assignments. No minimum workweek is guaranteed. At the option of the USPS, a minimum of four (4) hours may be provided for Nonresident contract person on a case by case basis when traveling to a Postal site for a field test that is unexpectedly cancelled, rescheduled or postponed. The supplier must be able to perform recruiting, managing, invoicing, and reporting tasks as a minimum. Training shall be provided as necessary by the supplier in order to meet and maintain personnel requirements. Certain equipment and supplies must also be provided and maintained as specified in this SOW and subsequent Task Orders. B) Required Supplier Criteria and Other Information The USPS intends to pre-qualify respondents capable of providing an innovative and commercially available technical staffing and management services. Respondents included in any subsequent pre-qualified group may be invited to participate in follow-up pre-qualification processes, a discovery process, Reverse Auction or to provide proposals in response to the USPS Request for Proposal. However, the USPS reserves the right to terminate this process if it is deemed that the availability or maturity of the commercial solutions does not fit the current need or vision of the USPS. Responding to this notice does not guarantee pre-qualification or participation in future USPS activities. The USPS may make one or more awards to support this activity. C) Selection Process The USPS decision to pre-qualify respondents is a business decision of the USPS Purchasing team. Pre-qualification does not constitute an award. Pre-qualification will be based on a composite of all responses, not any single item, that demonstrate a respondent?s capability to provide an innovative and commercially available technical and management services. All qualified respondents may not be placed in the pre-qualified group if the purchase team determines that a smaller group may provide adequate competition or that some respondents are considerably more qualified than others, thereby precluding opportunities for others less qualified. Respondents whose responses to this notice indicate that their solution is (1) not commercially available, (2) beyond the current or immediate experience level or resources of their firm, or (3) deemed unrealistically incompatible with the USPS environment and vision, may not be considered for pre-qualification. D) Notification to Selected Suppliers The contracting officer will notify all respondents of their pre-qualification status. The list of pre-qualified candidates will be publicized. E) Request for Information Instructions 1. This entire document should be saved and emailed to Joseph.S.Han@usps.gov by April 22, 2005. If email is unavailable, documents should be mailed to: Joseph S. Han, USPS, 475 L?Enfant Plaza SW Room 4541, Washington DC 20260-6237. 2. No faxed copies will be accepted. 3. The limit is 20 pages and it should be concise and focused on the solicited questions. 4. Sales Brochures, videos and other marketing information materials are not solicited and will not be reviewed. 5. Do not submit cost or price information with response. 6. The Contracting Officer for the Postal Service may accept responses after the due date. Acceptance will be at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the best interest of the Postal Service. F) Minimum Requirements The following is a current non-exclusive set of constraints (minimum requirements) that should be met for any suppliers seeking pre-qualification. 1. At least two years in the temporary technical staffing services business. 2. Key personnel including recruiters to have quality professional qualifications. 3. Able to obtain and maintain full/part time quality professional staffs totaling up to 40 individuals at several US locations. (All other contractors will be in 100% travel positions.) 4. Able to obtain and maintain full/part time quality professional staffs of 100 to 200 for the USPS throughout the United States. 5. Able to provide detailed invoices that can be broken down by programs, finance numbers, sub-accounts, job assignments, travel costs, work hours, travel hours, employee, etc. 6. Able to provide extensive travel arrangements for all personnel. G) Capabilities 1) Provide a brief summary of your firm's experience in recruiting quality professionals including: a) Qualifications and accomplishments of recruiters, professional associations, certifications, experience. b) Training and quality knowledge of other key employees, professional associations, certifications, experience. c) Travel arrangements and agencies used. d) Response rates and accomplishments in locating candidates for assignments including international sites. e) Your firm's advantages in supplying personnel for the quality profession. f) Employee satisfaction methods to promote longevity of employees. g) Transitioning incumbent personnel to your firm with minimal disruption. 2) Please provide a brief summary of your firm?s electronic interfacing capabilities including: a) Employee records and assignments b) Funding of tasks c) Expense tracking and certification of expenses d) Invoice sorting capabilities e) Uploading information needed by clients f) Tracking of contract deliverables 3) Please provide a description of your financial capabilities and how you can meet the financial stability requirement of financing operations during the period of data collection invoicing and invoice payment, which can run up to six to eight weeks. 4) Please provide contact information for five (5) clients that receive a similar level of support as outlined above. Briefly describe the level and nature of support provided. H) General Company and Contact Information 1) Company Name: 2) Contact Name and Title: 3) Contact Phone Number: 4) Contact Fax Number: 5) Contact Email Address: 6) Company Internet Website Address: I) Finance Resources Please provide your firm's most recent 10(k) or annual audited financial statement. Provide in electronic format as an attachment to this document.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00783854-W 20050408/050406213807 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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