SOLICITATION NOTICE
39 -- Pre-Proposal Meeting for the Sortation Module under the Postal Package Processing (3P) Program
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 333922
— Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- United States Postal Service, Supplies and Services Purchasing, Material Handling CMC, 8403 Lee Highway Dewey Bldg, Merrifield, VA, 22082-8150, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- USPS07232007
- Response Due
- 7/10/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2007
- Description
- NOTIFICATION OF PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING BY INVITATION ONLY (See Restrictions and Qualifications Below) Postal Package Processing (3P) Sortation Module USPS is planning to issue a Request-For-Proposal (RFP) solicitation for the 3P Sortation Module in August 2007. Draft specifications for the Sortation Module are attached to this announcement. Prior to the release of this RFP solicitation, the USPS will conduct a pre-proposal meeting intended to answer the questions from the prospective Suppliers for a better understanding of the technical requirements and proposal preparation as contained in the draft materials. The pre-proposal meeting is scheduled to be held at 08:30 am on July 23, 2007 at the following location: Tysons Corner Marriott 8028 Leesburg Pike Vienna, Virginia 22182 USA Phone: 1-703-734-3200 Fax: 1-703-734-5763 Attendance at this pre-proposal meeting will be by invitation only. To receive an invitation to this meeting, the Supplier must have directly designed, produced or sold sortation equipment similar to what the Supplier will propose and have done so within the last three (3) years prior to the issue date of this announcement. Suppliers that meet the above qualifications shall submit a request to attend the pre-proposal meeting via email to the Contracting Officer (CO) at email address dan.g.schonthaler@usps.gov NLT COB July 10, 2007. Suppliers must also attach a statement to their request that includes the following information: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) certification that the Supplier has installed similar sorting equipment. A listing of the sorting equipment that the Supplier has manufactured, installed, designed and/or is licensed by an OEM. Primary Supplier Point of Contact name, title, telephone number, email address and mailing address Attendees names, titles, email addresses Space is limited to four (4) representatives per Supplier. Suppliers are encouraged to send representatives who will be involved in the technical and business areas of developing the Suppliers technical and pricing proposals. The dress code for this meeting is business casual. The USPS will send out the invitation and a full SOW package via Express Mail to the primary Supplier point of contact by COB July 13, 2007. An email message will also be sent out to the primary Suppliers with the Express Mail confirmation number. The USPS will update the SOW based on feedback received from Suppliers during the pre-proposal meeting and will subsequently release the formal solicitation package for the Sortation Module. The Suppliers shall submit a minimum of two (2) customer references that can be contacted by the USPS for an in-depth confirmation of the Suppliers capabilities for the manufacture, installation, and deployment per below schedule. The Sortation Module solicitation process schedule is projected to be as follows: Formal RFP solicitation August 6, 2007 Customer References due August 20, 2007 Technical Proposals due September 4, 2007 Pricing Proposals due September 10, 2007 Contract awards October 3, 2007 The agenda for this meeting is: Introduction 8:30a 8:45a Meeting Ground Rules 8:45a 9:00a Technical Q&A session 9:00a 10:30a 15 min short break Technical Q&A session 10:45a 11:45p 1 hour lunch break USPS presentations: Proposal structure and CLIN contents 1:00p 1:30p Proposal evaluation and selection process 1:30p 2:00p 15 min short break Business Area Q&A 2:15p 2:45p Closing 2:45p 3:00p The coordinator for the pre-proposal meeting is Wynn Eddey, wynn.c.eddey@usps.gov (703) 280-7814. The following sections for the Sortation Module are included in this announcement: 1. Section A General Requirements 2. Section D Technical Requirements 3. Section C Deployment plan Note: Hard copy will not be available at this meeting.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USPS Pre-Proposal Meeting, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia 22182 USA, Phone: 1-703-734-3200, Fax: 1-703-734-5763
- Zip Code: 22182
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 22182
- Record
- SN01332026-W 20070701/070629231952 (fbodaily.com)
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