US Equal Employment Opportunity Comm., Procurement Management Division, 1801 L. Street, N.W., Room 2505, Washington, DC 20507

W -- LEASE OF ELECTRONIC POSTAGE METER EQUIPMENT!! POC Contract Specialist, Lachon Raiford, 202/663-4220, Contracting Officer, Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld, 202/663-4223!! The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission intends to negotiate a contract to lease electronic postage meter equipment compatible with Pitney Bowes Mailing Systems. This requirement will apply to all Commission locations and cover Meter Model Numbers 6505, 6902, and Model 6264 Machine, A570 Scale, Model E590 Machine, G160 Scale w/Interface, Model E520 Machine, EMS-5 Scale, Model 6905 Machine, Model 6105 and Paragon II Processing System, Star 700 Shipping Systemm. The postage meter equipment must meet the following minimum requirements: A prescribed U.S. Postal Service penalty mail meter stamp. This unique indicia is required on meters used for penalty mail. The postage meters must be compatible with the U.S. Postal Service's Official Mail Accounting System (OMAS). The system must provide for a consolidated activity report for all locations. The postage meters must imprint directly on envelopes and produce roll tape for affixing to uniform and other parcels. The postage meters must have a computerized remote postage resetting capability by telephone allowing such meters to be reset at the various Commission locations. 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, if necessary. The meters must provide an accounting function to track costs for up to ten separate accounts to enchance management controls for monitoring, tracking, and storing report for every mail item and every cent spent on postage. The meters must have the capability to interface with the current Pitney Bowes scales per attached. It is anticipated that an award will be made for a base year from March 1, 1998 with options through February 28, 2003. Telephone requests for this solicitation will not be honored. All requests for RFP 98-06 must be submitted in writing to the attention of Ms. Lachon Raiford, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Procurement Management Division, 1801 L Street, N.W., Room 2507, Washington, DC 20507. RFP Closing dated 20 calendar days after issuance. SIC Code 7359. See Numbered Note 22.***** (0335)

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