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35 -- MAILSORTING EQUIPMENT SOL TIRNO-98-R-00016 DUE 050698 POC Contracting Officer, Barry Kearns, (202) 283-1135 E-MAIL: The Contracting Officer can be reached at this e-mail address., barry.kearns@ccmail.irs.gov. On or about March 31, 1998, the IRS intends to issue a solicitation requesting offers for the replacement of mailsorting equipment at its 10 Service Centers. These Services Centers are: Andover, MA; Atlanta (Chamblee), GA; Austin, TX; Brookhaven (Holtsville), NY; Cincinnati (Covington, KY), OH; Fresno, CA; Kansas City, MO; Memphis, TN; Ogden, UT; and Philadelphia, PA. The IRS intends to lease two mail processing systems for each Service Center. The reason for leasing two systems at each Service Center is to ensure redundancy and to ensure the capability to process during "peak processing," which is defined as the period of approximately February 1 to May 31 each year. Installation, maintenance, and "lease-to-own" pricing will be requested in the solicitation. The solicitation will also provide a detailed description of this equipment. However, to assist you in assessing your interest in this project, the following information is provided: 1) The equipment must be Year 2000 compliant; 2) The equipment must be operational in all 10 Service Centers by January 1, 2000; 3) The equipment will be used to process approximately 20,000,000 pieces of incoming and 16,000,000 pieces of outgoing mail per Service Center per year; 4) The equipment must be able to process mail comprised of "letetr size" envelopes up to and including "flats;" 5) The equipment must be capable of detecting checks in incoming mail; 6) The equipment must be able to sort incoming and outgoing mail; 7) The equipment must be able to selectively open incoming mail; 8) The equipment must be capable of sorting outgoing mail based on USPS requirements, and; 9) Firms submitting a proposal will be required to undergo a benchmark/performance validation as part of the award decision process. The contract will have a base year and four option years. Please telefax requests for the solicitation to (202) 283-1514. See Note 12. (0063)

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