U.S. Postal Service, Headquarters Purchasing, Room 4541, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260-6230

T -- PRODUCT AND PUBLICATION DESIGN FOR YOUTH STAMP COLLECTING PROGRAMS SOL Reilly-Stamper POC Jim Reilly; (202) 268-5098 E-MAIL: click here to contact the purchasing specialist, jreilly@email.usps.gov. The United States Postal Service is seeking a contractor to provide design services in conjunction with a special segment of its stamp collecting programs. That special segment serves the needs of young collectors and potential collectors who are 8 to 12 years old. Experience in youth marketing will be viewed as an important asset for offeror. As part of attending to the needs of young collectors, the contractor would give consideration to the role of influencers of children(e.g. teachers, role models, etc.). Consideration would also be given to the purchasers of children's items (e.g. adult family members). The contractor will be required to transform Postal Service provided concepts for publications and products into final designs which are ready for hand-off to a printer or manufacturer for actual production of the item. Additionally, the contractor will be expected to originate concepts for publications and products for consideration by the Postal Service. The Postal Service will retain approvalauthority and overall management of the work performed by the contractor; however, the contractor will have account management responsibilities such as cost containment, schedule adherence, coordination with other production vendors, coordination with various Postal Service organizations, maintaining mailing list data bases, etc. The contract type will be cost reimbursement plus award fee. The award fee will be based on the contractor's performance as subjectively determined by the Postal Service. The contractor must be able to expand and contract its human and technical resources in a cost effective way with the ebb and flow of the Postal Service's requirements. Some of the requirements will be predictable and regularly scheduled, while others will be responsive to relatively spontaneous opportunities. The contractor's operation in direct support of the contract must be located East of the Mississippi River. This requirement is driven by time zone considerations in day to day communications between the contractor and the Postal Service. It is also driven by the potential travel costs between Washington, DC and the contractor's operations location. The Postal Service will hold a conference with potential offerors to provide them with a more detailed picture of the requirements that will be included in the solicitation. The conference will be held in Washington, DC, from 9 AM to noon, on May 8, 1998. Attendees should allow fifteen minutes for registration with Security Personnel upon entering the building. The conference location will be: U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Room 4841 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20260 Vendors who are interested in attending the conference, and/or in receiving the solicitation should make their desires known via fax to; (202) 268-2826; or via internet E-Mail to; jreilly@email.usps.gov. Please provide a fax number, point of contact and E-Mail address for your firm. (0117)

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