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

A -- PRE-PRODUCTION DESIGN OF NEXT GENERATION PCM 1625-B, "ADVANCED POSTAL COMMODITY MACHINE" SOL 102590-99-A-0011 DUE 112398 POC Susan Coelus, 202-268-7919 E-MAIL: Click here to contact contract specialist Susan Coelus, scoelus@email.usps.gov. The United States Postal Service (USPS)requires pre-production design of the next generation PCM 1625B, the Automated Purchasing Commodity Machine (APCM). The contract will contain an option for 1,000 additional production units. The APCM includes debit/credit card acceptance and an information management system. The APCM will replace approximately 1,000 PCM 1625-A models that were deployed in 1989. To provide USPS with the best possible design option, award will be made to multiple offerors on proposal-specific and supplier-specific evaluation factors. Contract award will be made for the first option period which includes design and a sheet-metal mock-up. The contract will contain options for continuing work based on a compeitive evaluation of the contractors' performance during the first option period. Initial contract award will be based on best value to USPS, with technical and past performance being more important than price. Anticipated solicitation issue date is October 23, 1998 with proposals due on November 23, 1998. Please fax requests or e-mail requests for solicitation to the attention of Susan Coelus at 202-268-3888. Posted 10/13/98 (W-SN261319). (0286)

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