U.S. Office Of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 1342, Washington, DC 20415

R -- COURIER SERVICES SOL Unassigned DUE 010298 POC James C. Thieme, 202-606-1570 WEB: OPM Procurement Home Page, http://www.opm.gov/procure. E-MAIL: Negotiator e-mail, jcthieme@opm.gov. The Office of Personnel Management, Washington, D.C. intends to issue an RFQ that will lead to the single award of a firm fixed-price contract for Courier services. The contractor would be responsible for providing courier services between the Retirement Operations Center (ROC), and Investigation Services (IS) both located at 1137 Branchton Road, Boyers, PA 16020 and the Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20415. A third site will be added during the course of the fiscal year in Pittsburgh, PA, requiring substantially the same services. The contract will be awarded for a base period with four one-year option years. Requests for copies of the solicitation should be received, in writing, no later than fifteen days from the date of this listing. Telephone requests will not be honored. However, faxed requests are acceptable. The fax number is 202-606-1464. Only one copy of the RFQ will be sent to each requestor. The RFQ will be available electronically through OPM's procurement Home page on the World Wide Web. To download the RFQ from the Home page, you will need the following: a personal Computer or terminal; a modem; and communications software. The Web address for OPM's procurement home page is: http://www.opm.gov/Procure. If you download the RFQ, please send an electronic mail message to afchatte@opm.gov containing your company's name and address. This will insure that you receive copies of any amendments issued to the RFQ. All responsible small businesses may submit an offer which will be considered. (0343)

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