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35 -- AUTOMATED LETTER AND BARCODING LETTER/FLAT SORTING MACHINE SOL N00600-98-R-1988 DUE 050898 POC For information contact Donald Richardson, Code 02W1.6F at (202) 433-2893. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk Detachment Washington is seeking sources to procure an Automated Letter and Bar-Coding Letter/Flat Sorting Machine. FISC is looking to trade in their current sorter for a sorter to sort both letter and flat mail. The sorter will be able to: 1)sort mail up to 3/8" thickness; 2)sort both outgoing and incoming mail; 3)sort presosrt first and bulk mail; 4)be able to encode mail off-line; 5)produce current United States Postal Service (USPS)Forms (PS Forms) that are acceptable by USPS; 6)sorter must have the most up to date Advance Technology Reader (ATR) that can read proportional as well as non-proportional fonts with a 96% percent or better accuracy; 7)the sorter will have a guaranteed installation with a 90 day acceptance agreement. Offerors will be asked to submit three proposals, one proposal for full purchase price, one proposal for a 36 month lease to own, and one proposal for a 48 month least to own. Responses are required on or before. A response to this request for information does not guarantee that a firm will be solicited or any solicitation issured as a result of this request for information. Facsimile and telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses should be sent to Donald L. Richardson, Contracting Officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk Detachment Washington, Washington Navy Yard, Bldg 200, 4th Floor, 901 M Street, SE, Washington, DC 20374-5014. (0097)

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