Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279

R -- SERVICES TO PICK-UP AND PREPARE FIRST-CLASS MAIL AT SSA'S SOUTHEASTERN PROGRAM SERVICE CENTER IN BIRMINGHAM, AL TO QUALIFY FOR USPS RATE DISCOUNTS SOL SSA-RFQ-00-0262 DUE 053100 POC Barbara Hands, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659517, Fax 4109669310, Email barbara.hands@ssa.gov -- Maria Prevost, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659523, Fax 4109669310, Email maria.prevost@ssa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=SSA-RFQ-0 0-0262&LocID=2422. E-MAIL: Barbara Hands, barbara.hands@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to issue a solicitation to procure the services of a contractor to furnish all personnel, materials, equipment and facilities needed to pick-up and prepare first-class national distribution mail at the SSA Southeastern Program Service Center (SEPSC) in Birmingham, AL. to qualify for rate discounts under the United States Postal Services (USPS) Automation and Nonautomation discount programs and transport the mail to the USPS the next acceptance day. The annual estimated quantity of mail at the SEPSC to be picked up and processed is 5,100,000. The mail shall be processed in accordance with applicable regulations and requirements in the USPS Domestic Mail Manual. The period of performance shall be for a base period of one year with four 1-year option periods. The contract will be subject to the Service Contract Act and the place of performance is unknown. Therefore, upon issuance of the RFQ, potential offerors who intend to submit a quotation shall notify SSAby written notice of the proposed place of performance and wage determinations will be requested for this area. This requirement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Items. This is a simplified acquisition under the Test Program for Certain Commercial Items and the request for quotation, SSA-RFQ-00-0262, will be available on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) web page at www.eps.gov on or about May 10, 2000, with quotations due 21 days thereafter. All parties interested in submitting a quotation should download the solicitation from the EPS web page and provide the contract specialist with their name, address, contact name, telephone number and email address. Quotations from all responsible small business sources shall be considered by the agency. This requirement is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. Quotations for OTHER than a small business will be deemed unacceptable and given no further consideration. Please note that the solicitation versionon the EPS web page will not include some attachments and those should be requested from the contract specialist. See Note 1. Posted 04/18/00 (D-SN446178). (0109)

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