U.S. Postal Service, Windsor Purchasing and Materials Service Center, 8 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT 06095-1572

R -- DEPOT REPAIR, PARTS DISTRIBUTION, INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Sol 089480-95-A-0179. Due 050195. Contact William F. Blazinski, Purchasing Specialist, (203) 285-7328. The United States Postal Service is seeking to prequalify firms for the operation and management of the Critical Parts Center (CPC) and the Indianapolis Repair Facility (IRF) located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Firms that are capable of managing and operating the CPC/IRF are invited to request a prequalification package and schedule an oral presentation to demonstrate their qualifications to a Postal Service Prequalification Review Board. After the presentations, the Postal Service will determine which firms are qualified and eligible to receive the Request for Proposal (RFP). To be qualified, a firm must demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years experience in operating and managing a depot level repair operation, which includes, but is not limited to repairing printed circuit boards, electrical and electronic assemblies, and electro-mechanical assemblies and mechanical assemblies to the component level. Demonstrated repair experience must include surface mount technology (SMT) repairs, Quality Assurance according to MIL-I-45208 and MIL-Q-9858, and electrostatic discharge control according to MIL-STD-1686. To be qualified, a firm must demonstrate its ability to provide a full service fulfillment warehouse to include receiving, order filling, inventory control, inventory accountability, information systems, database management, communications and network expertise. A firm must demonstrate its understanding of a repairable parts management program, especially a one-for-one repair parts exchange program. A firm must also demonstrate its ability to manage a rapid response, premium service distribution operation. To be qualified, a firm must have a minimum of three (3) years experience monitoring support contracts such as maintenance service or equipment leasing contracts. A firm must demonstrate its experience and understanding in the preparation and monitoring of capital and expense budgets, the provision of engineering support, the maintenance of a piece parts stockroom, and the management and control of stockroom inventory. To be qualified a firm most demonstrate its ability to interface and work cooperatively with other organizations. Under this proposed contract, the contractor will be required to interface with the Postal Service Eagle network (Express Mail) in Indianapolis, IN, Postal Service Maintenance Technical Support Center in Norman, OK, Postal Service Inventory Management organization in Topeka, KS and Postal Service Materiel Distribution in Washington, DC. Firms interested in applying for prequalification must request a prequalification package no later than February 15, 1995. Prequalification packages can be requested by mail or facsimile transmission (FAX). The mailing address is: Mr. Bill Blazinski, Purchasing Specialist, 8 Griffin Road North, Windsor, CT 06095-1572. The FAX number is (203) 285-7272. Please send your FAX to the attention of Mr. Bill Blazinski. Presolicitation packages, containing the complete statement of work, will be mailed on February 16, 1995 to all firms that have responded to this announcement. After receipt and review of the prequalification package, those firms still interested in applying for prequalifcation must schedule their oral presentation. Oral presentations are limited to no more than 2 hours and can be scheduled by mail or FAX. See the above mailing address and FAX number. Interested firms will have until March 3, 1995 to schedule their presentations. Prequalification presentations are tentatively scheduled for the week of March 13-17, 1995. Interested firms are reminded that only those firms that the Postal Service Prequalification Review Board has determined to be prequalified will be issued an RFP and considered eligible for contract award. The award of the Critical Parts Center (full service fulfillment warehouse operation) portion of this requirements is contingent upon the results of a Postal Service in-house comparative analysis. Additionally, the complete requirement is subject to normal Postal Service required management approvals. The tentative date for issuance of the RFP is March 17, 1995, with written proposals due on or about May 1, 1995. (030)

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