Mailing Address: U.S. Postal Service, Headquarters Automation Purchasing, 8403 Lee Highway, Merrifield, VA 22802-8150, Delivery address: Dewey Business Center, 3001 Prosperity Avenue, Room G31, Merrifield, VA 22082-8150

99 -- INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL HANDLING ROBOTS: 4 AXIS, 6 AXIS AND AREA GANTRY DUE 102596. Contact: Fred W. Medico, Purchasing Specialist, 703/280-7817, Franklin Miles, Contracting Officer, 703/280-7812. DESCRIPTION e.g. SOURCES SOUGHT. The U.S. Postal Service intends to pre-qualify industrial material handling robot products systems integrators and industrial material handling robot products for its anticipated future need (estimated 300 robotics tray handling systems nationwide). Four Axis, Six Axis Pedestal and Area Gantry robots are required. Pedestal robots must service a 360 degree area with 100 inch reach and with a minimum weight load capacity of 265 pounds. The Gantry robot must be capable of high throughput (as a minimum 7 transaction per minute) with the same minimum weight load capacity as the pedestal type. Products offered must be currently commercially available. Product supplier (manufacturer, distributor etc.) must be capable of producing, as a minimum, fifteen (15) units per month. The quantity of each type robot has not been established. Respondents must have 1) extensive experience and a successful industry reputation in the integration and the implementation of robotics systems, 2) extensive experience in automation control systems, and 3) resources available to complete, as a minimum, 15 installations per month. Interested sources must submit a comprehensive qualification package fully addressing the above requirements, the robot product(s) contemplated, a detailed description of five contracts completed within the last two (2) years, both government and commercial, if applicable, referencing the contract number, contracting officer name and telephone number. Responses will be evaluated against the above requirements. Those considered qualified respondents will be issued the Request for Proposal anticipated for release in late October 1996. Contract award(s) are anticipated in late February, early March 1996. Multiple awards are anticipated. (281)

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