Greensboro Purchasing and Materials Service Center, US Postal Service, PO Box 27496, Greensboro, NC 27498-0001

U -- PURCHASING & MATERIALS TRAINING SERVICES SOL 363199-95-A-9000. Due 102095. Contact Stephen A. Wright, (910) 665-2856. Sources Sought. The United States Postal Service is seeking qualified firms interested in being considered for professional training and related services to support its Purchasing and Materials function. The firm selected shall instruct, manage, and administer approximately fifteen USPS existing courses at various USPS training facilities located geographically throughout the country. Services may also be requested to update/enhance existing courses; and/or design, develop new courses; conduct analysis of existing operations and policies, making recommendations for changes. As a result of this advertisement, responding firms will be requested to submit a Qualification Statement and documentation which describe their technical and professional qualifications. The documentation submitted MUST BE in the specific form and format provided by the Postal Service. The Qualification Statement and documentation will be evaluated by a screening process using the criteria indicated below to identify firms selected for interviews. From the interview process, one firm will be selected as the most highly qualified. The Postal Service intends to negotiate a contract with the firm selected from this process. No other advertisement or solicitation will be issued for this requirement. Performance is estimated to begin March 1996. The type of contract contemplated is a negotiated Indefinite Quantity Contract for Professional Training Services. The Evaluation Criteria to be used for selection of the most highly qualified firm is: 1) Recent experience in providing services similar to those described above. 2) Experience in designing and developing purchasing and materials related courses. 3) Experience instructing various types of Purchasing and Materials courses. 4) The ability and resources to perform the type services described herein. 5) Sound internal management, operations and quality control systems. 6) Experience in analyzing purchasing and materials related training and operations. 7) Experience reviewing, writing and editing of purchasing and materials related directives and procedures. 8) Successful past performance in related services specified herein. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms interested in being considered must submit a written request for Qualification Statement forms to: Purchasing and Materials Service Center, USPS, ATTN: Stephen Wright, PO Box 27496, Greensboro, NC 27498-0001. Requests must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days from the date of this notice. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals. (261)

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