US Postal Service, Headquarters Automation Purchasing, 8403 Lee Highway, Merrifield, Virginia 22082-8150

99 -- AUTOMATIC LETTER TRAY SLEEVER SOL GS-98-001 DUE 092598 POC Gerald Souter, Purchasing Specialist, 703-280-7506 The USPS is in search of sources to provide automatic letter tray sleeving machines. The machine shall be a self-contained unit able to process three sizes of letter trays (MM, EMM, 1/2 Size), have detachable sleeve carts with a 125 sleeve minimum capacity, and have an operational throughput rate of 15-18 trays per minute. Trays will be fed lengthwise from a conveyor, and the machine will lift a sleeve from the top of a stack on the sleeve cart, position it, and automatically insert the tray into the sleeve. USPS preference is for a machine capable of sleeving at least two tray sizes intermixed on the same conveyor. The machine shall not occupy more than 80 square feet of space, and the internal conveyor shall be eight feet in length. USPS anticipates a minimum initial purchase of 100 units with possible national deployment of up to 400 units. If your organization presently manufactures, or is capable of providing such machines, send the following information to the USPS Automation Purchasing office: company brochure; catalog or description of compatible equipment; field locations of equipment deployed and operating; list of Postal contracts, if applicable, within the past five years; and a recent annual report or brief financial summary. Posted 09/09/98 (W-SN247448). (0252)

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