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B -- ENHANCED STREET PERFORMANCE SYSTEM DUE 100397 POC David G. Beckman 202-268-5699 The United States Postal Service (USPS) is seeking to pre-qualify vendors for the Enhanced Street Performance System. The USPS objective is to enhance the ability of the delivery unit managers and supervisors to effectively manage carrier operations. The Phase I delivery requirement is for approximately 4220 vehicle-based systems at approximately 169 delivery units. Operational Phase II deployment could require as many as 80,000 vehicles at 4000 delivery units. Interested companies should have experience in GPS location technology and vehical/route data collection systems. Companies seeking to bid on this requirement should have capability of delivering and deploying approximately 1200 vehicle-based systems per month starting in June/July 1998, on a national scale. In addition, the company must be capable of performing and/or supporting ESP system software development, training, troubleshooting, maintence, and help desk activities. Pre-qualification does not constitute contract award. The pre-qualification package may be downloaded in Rich Text Format (RTF)for Microsoft Windows based word processors or in ASCIITXT. The document is a self expanding archive containing multiple files. The files will be located on the Internet at http://www.usps.gov/business/wantad.htm, on or about August 29,1997. Supplier response to the pre-qualification documentation will be due October 3, 1997. (0239)

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