U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Procurement Management Division, 1801 L Street, N.W., Room 2505, Washington, DC 20507

W -- LEASE OF POSTAGE METER/MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM POC Contact Contract Specialist, Lachon N. Raiford, 202/663-4220, Contracting Officer, Cynthis R. Bond, 202/663-4270 Sources sought for lease of postage meter/mail processing system for all U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission locations. This equipment should be compatible with the U.S. Postal Service's Official Mail Accounting System (OMAS) and EEOC's current Pitney Bowes 6505 Postage-by-Phone meters. The meters must be able to imprint directly on envelopes and produce tape for affixing to parcels. The meters must have a computerized remote postage resetting capability by telephone allowing such meters to be reset at the various Commission locations. In addition, the reset system must provide controls to ensure locations reset at the amount authorized with a maximum limitation. The system must be capable of setting postage by utilizing any touch tone telephone from any office without the presence of the meter and be able to reset in Headquarters. This service is to commence in Fiscal Year 1997 with four one-year options. Firms interested in responding to this synopsis must submit two copies of their capability statement and supporting documentation to be received not later than 30 calendar days after the date of this publication. No telephone calls will be accepted. All expenses of preparing capability statements will be the responsibility of the submitter. This is not a request for proposal. SIC Code 7359 will be used. (0274)

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