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

99 -- QUALIFICATION STATEMENT, GMHS/EFI SOL 102590-00-A-0122 DUE 062600 POC Helen Z. Clark, hclark01@email.usps.gov, 703-280-7382 WEB: This site is the USPS Business Opportunity Bulletins, http://www.purchasing.gov. E-MAIL: click here to contact the purchasing specialist via, hclark01@email.usps.gov. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is seeking Qualification Statements from companies wishing to be Prequalified to receive an award for Engineering Support Services for the USPS. USPS Engineering, through the Material Handling Deployment Group, will be pursuing; 1) the deployment of new modification projects to existing material handling systems, and, 2) the deployment of new material handling projects in USPS mail processing facilities nationwide. These material handling projects include; powered and unpowered conveyors or sorting equipment, all associated structural, mechanical, electrical and control support, and ancillary or specialty mail processing equipment, for the purpose of receiving, transporting, culling or separating, sorting, repackaging or containerizing mail. The solicitation, when released, is intended to establish ordering agreements with supplier(s) with the capability of providing Engineering Support Services (ESS) with respect to individual components, modifications or complete system applications, on a site by site basis, nationwide. These services include: 1) the required mechanical, electrical and controls engineering, with the ability to provide the supporting discipline engineering (simulation, structural, etc.), as required, to be able to complete a ready for bid, material handling project. 2) reviewing and commenting on all contract drawing and Division 17 Specification submittals in a timely manner. 3) Providing site project review, testing and follow up services as required. To be considered prequalified to receive the solicitation, the company must be able to: -- demonstrate previous USPS related engineering application experience similar to the projects outlined above in a material handling environment. Alternatively, the company must be able to demonstrate significant previous mail and/or parcel handling, engineering application capabilities in a material handling environment with projects similar to the projects outlined above. -- submit a capabilities statement describing their organization, work backlog -- demonstrate that they are financially capable; -- conduct electronic business (e-Business) including EDI or be willing to develop that capability in the near term (3 -- 6 months). The USPS contemplates using e-Business and EDI extensively in the performance of this effort. The contractor Qualification Statement will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria listed in order of importance: EXPERIENCE, PAST PERFORMANCE, and CAPABILITIES. Qualification Statement packages are available electronically on the Business Opportunity Bulletins (BOB) at: http://www.purchasing.gov (note that at the Supplier Login screen, the supplier must "register" before being permitted to continue). Questions may be submitted by sending an e-mail to: hclark01@email.usps.gov. The subject line must be "GMHS/ESS-Qualification Statement". The request must include the company's name, the company's point of contact, mailing address, telephone number, telefax number, ande-mail address. The USPS desires a single Point of Contact for each company. The Qualification Statement packages are in Microsoft Word 97; they must be returned electronically by e-mail to the e-mail address specified above in the same format. Any spreadsheet submissions must be submitted in Microsoft Excel 97 format. In addition to submitting the Qualification Statement packages electronically, two (2) "hard" copies with original signatures must be sent to: Helen Clark, USPS Automation Purchasing, 8403 Lee Highway, Dewey Building, Merrifield, VA 22082-8150. This notice is open through 12 June 2000. Completed Qualification Statement packages are due to the USPS by 3:00 pm EST on 26 June 2000. Please note that the Qualification Statement Response is limited to a maximum of 30 pages. The Postal Service intends to issue a Request For Proposal (RFP) to prequalified firms only. It is anticipated that a solicitation will be issued on or about July 10, 2000, with a Pre-Proposal Conference approximately 10 -- 14 days thereafter. Submission of offers are anticipated to be by August 14, 2000 and contract(s) awarded by September 30, 2000. Posted 05/26/00 (W-SN459313). (0147)

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