United States Postal Service, Automation Purchasing, 8403 Lee Highway, Merrifield, Virginia 22082

39 -- TRAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOL 98-A-0014 DUE 120597 POC Ken Carter, (703) 280-7838, Contracting Officer, Charles W. Smith, Jr., (703) 280-7821. Negotiations are being conducted with Siemens ElectroCom L.P., 43043 West Nine Mile Road, Novi, MI 48376-8061; Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, c/o TMS Data Bank, Mail Drop 0910, Route 17C, Owego, NY 13827-3998; and AccuSort Systems, Inc., 2800 Crystal Drive, Hatfield, PA 19440, for the design, manufacture, and ``turn-key'' development for a Tray Management System (TMS) to support the U.S. Postal Service's Kansas City, MO Processing and Distribution Center. This notice is being published for informational and possible subcontracting opportunities only. Copies of the solicitation are not available. (0294)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0142 19971023\39-0001.SOL)