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U -- SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM SOL 102590-00-A-0080 DUE 041900 POC Jocelyn B. Broches, Purchasing Specialist (202) 268-4045 WEB: USPS Business Opportunity Bulletins (BOB), http://www.purchasing.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Purchasing Specialist, jbroches@email.usps.gov. The U. S. Postal Service (USPS) places a strong emphasis on safety and health programs. For this reason, the USPS is seeking a contractor to provide a comprehensive training program that shall prepare USPS Safety and Health employees to meet certification and professional standards of Safety and Health program management and incorporate USPS regulatory and work environments. The work shall be accomplished in two phases: Phase I shall be a firm fixed price contract to design, develop training manuals and materials, create a knowledge assessment tool, and pilot the eight (8), 40-hour training courses, as follows: (1) Safety Program Management I; (2) Performing Safety Inspections; (3) Accident Investigation, Record Keeping & Analysis (4) Life Safety, Fire Prevention & Electrical Safety; (5) Industrial Hygiene; (6) Required Written Programs; (7) Safety Program Management II; and (8) U S Postal Service Automation and Mechanization. Phase II shall be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for conducting and administering a minimum of 42 and a maximum of 50 courses for from 20 to 25 participants, ordered by delivery order with 30 calendar days notice from the Contracting Officer. The courses will primarily be taught at the U.S. Postal Service National Center for Employee Development in Norman, OK. The period of performance shall be from date of award through 15 months, with three one-year options to renew. The evaluation criteria are Technical Approach, Project Management, Past Performance, and Personnel Qualifications and Staffing. To obtain the RFP, go the USPS Purchasing Website http://www.purchasing.gov. Offerors needing guidance in obtaining a copy of the solicitation or having questions relating to it must submit an e-mail request to jbroches@email.usps.gov. The e-mail request must provide the name, address, telephone and telefax numbers of the company requesting the solicitation, and the name of the offeror's contact person. Posted 03/21/00 (W-SN436464). (0081)

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