U.S. Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P.O. Box, 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

S -- PACKING, CRATING AND STORAGE POC Reaver Taylor, Contract Specialist, (703) 875-5077, or; Sally Allen, Contracting Officer, (703) 875-6020 The Department of State has a requirement to seek a firm capable of providing receipt, inspection, inventorying, consolidation, export packing, temporary storage, and delivery to pier and related services connected with the forwarding of U.S. Government-owned furniture, furnishings, commissary items, supplies, personally owned and government owned vehicles, and equipment required by the Department of State for its Foreign Service Posts, and forwarding/receiving household effects (HHE) specified, all Contractor deliveries are ''FAS'' carrier Seattle/Tacoma, Washington Commercial Zones. For purposes of this Invitation for Bids (IFB), the contactor's place of performance must be within a ten (10) mile radius of the U.S. Despatch Agency office in Seattle, Washington. The contract is to run for a base year and three (3) one year options. This action originally published in the CBD dated May 26, 1994, is being amended to change i) the Contact person to Reaver Taylor, ii) the Contracting Officer will be Sally Allen and iii) Invitation for bids original number S-OPRAQ-94-B-0550 is changed to read: S-OPRAQ-96-B-0583, iv) anticipated bid opening date for IFB NO. S-OPRAQ-96-B-0583 is August 21, 1996. This requirement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside SIC Code 4730 size standard 18.5 million. All other information publicized in the synopsis dated May 26, 1994 is correct. All request for a copy of the solicitation shall be in writing. Fax number is: (703) 875-6085. NOT TELEPHONIC REQUESTS FOR A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION SHALL BE HONORED. (0184)

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